Which non SQL Database ?

[Arnaud Delobelle]

Jorge Biquez <jbiquez at icsmx.com> writes:

> Hello all.
>
> Newbie question. Sorry.
>
> As part of my process to learn python I am working on two personal
> applications. Both will do it fine with a simple structure of data
> stored in files. I now there are lot of databases around I can use but
> I would like to know yoor advice on what other options you would
> consider for the job (it is training so no pressure on
> performance). One application will run as a desktop one,under Windows,
> Linux, Macintosh, being able to update data, not much, not complex,
> not many records. The second application, running behind  web pages,
> will do the same, I mean, process simple data, updating showing
> data. not much info, not complex. As an excersice it is more than
> enough I guess and will let me learn what I need for now.
> Talking with a friend about what he will do (he use C only) he suggest
> to take a look on dBase format file since it is a stable format, fast
> and the index structure will be fine or maybe go with BD (Berkley)
> database file format (I hope I understood this one correctly) . Plain
> files it is not an option since I would like to have option to do
> rapid searches.
>
> What would do you suggest to take a look? If possible available under
> the 3 plattforms.

Have you considered sqlite3? It is part of the Python standard library.
It'll work under GNU/Linux, Windows and Mac OSX.  For more details see:

    http://docs.python.org/library/sqlite3.html

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Arnaud