Recomendations on Python databases

[WP]

Bob Ballard wrote:
> I'm planning on writing a record keeping and reporting app with a database.
> I don't want to have to depend on the user having Access and the DB will
> not, at least at this point, be on the web.  I'd like the app to be
> stand-alone.

Web apps will face severe scalability problems if you don't go with SQL, so I
recommend an SQL solution, heavier duty than you initially expect.

I think Firebird (open source version of Interbase) is fantastic.
There is a great set of Firebird/Interbase tools and Python is well supported.

There is a nice SQL Desktop query tool called IB WorkBench which works great with
Firebird, and a free/shareware eval version for Windows is very nice for writing
queries, and writing/debugging SQL stored procedures.

The IB/Firebird SQL server itself is very portable, and runs fine on Windows NT or Linux web servers.

Warren