simple client data base

[Mark Lawrence]

On 03/09/2012 15:12, Mark R Rivet wrote:
> Hello all, I am learning to program in python. I have a need to make a
> program that can store, retrieve, add, and delete client data such as
> name, address, social, telephone number and similar information. This
> would be a small client database for my wife who has a home accounting
> business.
>
> I have been reading about lists, tuples, and dictionary data
> structures in python and I am confused as to which would be more
> appropriate for a simple database.
>
> I know that python has real database capabilities but I'm not there
> yet and would like to proceed with as simple a structure as possible.
>
> Can anyone give me some idea's or tell me which structure would be
> best to use?
>
> Maybe its a combination of structures? I need some help.
>
> Thanks for your help.
>

If you stick with the simple data structures at some point you're going 
to have to save them to disk with a module like pickle or shelve.  IMHO 
using sqlite is a better option as it comes with Python.

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Cheers.

Mark Lawrence.