<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello NG,
I am still quite a newbie with Python (I intensely use wxPython, anyway). I would like to know what are, in your opinions, the best/faster databases that I could use in Python (and, of course, I should be able to "link" everything with a wxPython GUI)? Specifically, I work on Reservoir Simulation, and usually I have to store a discrete/huge amount of data (it depends on the oil field). As you may have understood, I know almost NOTHING about databases ;-) In general, my data will be numeric (floats, integers). Will a binary storage (if it is possible) reduce the size of the DB? And what about speed in storing/retrieving data? Thank you a lot for every suggestion. Andrea. ============================================================================== Hello Andrea. One thing you should consider, maybe the MOST important - What kinds of reports are you/your bosses expecting to get out of your application? Are you going to write the reports by hand? They can be a pretty expensive proposition in terms of development time and energy. Most RDBMS's meet your criteria of speed, numeric data, etc. I would strongly encourage you to look into a database that can be accessed easily by some kind of report writer such as Crystal Reports, or MS-Access, or some of the other fine report writers out there. Unless of course you plan to do all the heavy work of hand writing all your reports. Your bosses may ask you to graph the data as well. Oracle(if you can afford it), MS-SQLServer, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Even the Free MS-MSDE/SQL Express would work for you. Most report writers have hooks to these DBMS's, or can use ODBC to get to the data. Granted, you have said that you know almost NOTHING about databases, but it sounds to me like your app is a prime candidate for one, so maybe it's time to learn. ;-) And, in my experience, sometimes the smallest project can wind up a major project depending on how important or critical the need for the data and it's presentation is. And no matter what reports you produce, you'll always be called upon to produce more! Good Luck! Ruben -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
