simple client data base

[Mark R Rivet]

On Wed, 5 Sep 2012 05:57:24 -0700 (PDT), Ramchandra Apte
<maniandram01 at gmail.com> wrote:

>On Monday, 3 September 2012 19:42:21 UTC+5:30, Manatee  wrote:
>> Hello all, I am learning to program in python. I have a need to make a
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>> program that can store, retrieve, add, and delete client data such as
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>> name, address, social, telephone number and similar information. This
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>> would be a small client database for my wife who has a home accounting
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>> business.
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>> I have been reading about lists, tuples, and dictionary data
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>> structures in python and I am confused as to which would be more
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>> appropriate for a simple database.
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>> I know that python has real database capabilities but I'm not there
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>> yet and would like to proceed with as simple a structure as possible.
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>> Can anyone give me some idea's or tell me which structure would be
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>> best to use?
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>> Maybe its a combination of structures? I need some help.
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>> Thanks for your help.
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>If there are not more than 1000 records you can just use `pickle`
Yes, not more than a 1000. My wifes clients only number 300. So not
much of a problem for now I guess. I can't see it growing to double
that, because 300 clients takes alot of work as it is.