Coming from .NET and VB and C

[benlindelof at gmail.com]

BigTable looks great!  There's a 3% performance hit for these types of
databases.  However it makes up for it in other ways.

"Dive Into Python" seems to suggest there is less busy work, but I am
still looking into the GUI components of Python.  Say, a grid of 10x10
tiles of PNGs.


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> have no preference with MySQL or SQL, stored procedures or ad-hoc
> queries.

        Please note: MySQL is specific relational database management
system
(RDBMs), which uses a dialect of structured query language (SQL). SQL
by
itself is just a semi-standardized query language -- and can
technically
be used to access non-relational DBMS (if any such are still in use),
though the query processor would be a pain to program (map a
relational
join into a hierarchical DBMS schema? ugh).
> SO, I'm interested in using my Google App space (free 500MB) to
> develop a quick database application.  Using Python.  I found "Dive
> Into Python" which I will be reading shortly.

        So one question: what RDBMs are supported in that space?
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        Wulfraed        Dennis Lee Bieber               KD6MOG