David Isaac wrote: > I have no experience with database applications. > This database will likely hold only a few hundred items, > including both textfiles and binary files. > > I would like a pure Python solution to the extent reasonable. > > Suggestions? > > Thank you, > Alan Isaac > > If they are files, just use the filesyatem, you don't need a database. If you need multiple indexes into these files, then use a database, but only for the indexes that point to the files on the filesystem. The filesystem is almost always the most efficient place to store files, not as blobs in a database.
The answer about which database depends on your target platform but you could consider gadfly. -Larry Bates -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list