Python choice of database

[Philippe C. Martin]

Thanks, I'm looking at KirbyBase also but wonder if it can handle bitmaps (I
could always pickle it first I guess).

Regards,

Philippe



John Abel wrote:

> Philippe C. Martin wrote:
> 
>>Thank you all for your answers.
>>
>>A pure Python would have beenmy first choice. yet I now feel I should
>>spend some time looking at PySQLite (I like the fact it's pre-compiled for
>>Windows).
>>
>>Thanks.
>>
>>Philippe
>>
>>
>>
>>Philippe C. Martin 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.
>>>
>>>
>>>Regards,
>>>
>>>Philippe
>>>    
>>>
>>
>>  
>>
> Out of the suggestions SnakeSQL and KirbyBase are pure python.  Gadfly
> is sorta pure, in that it will work without the compiled kjbuckets lib.
> 
> J