nick, i just wanted to ask for time constrained applications like searching won't sqlite be a expensive approach. i mean searching and editing o the files is less expensive by the time taken . so i need an approach which will allow me writing randomly to a line in file without using a database On May 8, 2:41 am, Nick Vatamaniuc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Rohit, > > Consider using an SQLite database. It comes with Python 2.5 and > higher. SQLite will do a nice job keeping track of the index. You can > easily find the line you need with a SQL query and your can write to > it as well. When you have a file and you write to one line of the > file, all of the rest of the lines will have to be shifted to > accommodate, the potentially larger new line. > > -Nick Vatamaniuc >
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