Python choice of database

[Philippe C. Martin]

>     1.  5000 files -- my personal favourite.
You got a point

William Park wrote:

> Philippe C. Martin <philippe at philippecmartin.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I am looking for a stand-alone (not client/server) database solution
>> for Python.
>> 
>> 1) speed is not an issue
>> 2) I wish to store less than 5000 records
>> 3) each record should not be larger than 16K
>>
>> As I start with Python objects, I thought of using shelve, but looking
>> at the restrictions (record size + potential collisions) I feel I
>> should study my options a bit further before I get started.
> 
> Possible approach might be:
>     1.  5000 files -- my personal favourite.
>     2.  GDBM
>     3.  SQLite
>