Python choice of database

[William Park]

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

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