Semi-OT: Database for "average" users

[Kevin C. Krinke]

On Sat, 2005-04-30 at 09:58 -0700, Joseph Kubik wrote:
> What do people need to put into a DB of this nature?

<insert pointy-clicky-gui-excuse here>

> The problem that I've seen is that while easy to use (MSaccess in
> particular), a small light DB is soon just another albatross because
> the data becomes corrupt, or you have to port the whole db to
> something that allows multiuser access, correctly.
> If a flat file is not good enough, I immediately go for a real DB.

I can only agree with you 100%. I myself rely on MySQL for just about
everything that can't be handled by simple flat files.

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