On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 12:12 AM, Mark R Rivet <markrri...@aol.com> wrote: > I have been reading about lists, tuples, and dictionary data > structures in python and I am confused as to which would be more > appropriate for a simple database.
I think you're looking at this backwards. A database is for storing information on disk, but lists/tuples/dicts are for manipulating it in memory. You may also be needlessly reinventing the wheel. Aren't there already several million basic contact databases around? Why roll your own? ChrisA -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list