any simple and multiplatform database?

[Josiah Carlson]

> I was thinking of using mdb (MS Access) but in linux is a bit more hard 
> to use it because you must install
> several tools (mxODBC, etc..)

How much database do you need?  If you just need a dictionary-like key, 
value lookup table, try bsddb.  Specifically the btree database, hash 
table databases have had a known slowdown bug for a few months now.

  - Josiah