Newbie: Proper database for the task?

[Cameron Laird]

In article <mailman.1040854742.31258.python-list at python.org>,
Paul Mackinney  <paul at mackinney.net> wrote:
>Armin Steinhoff declaimed:
>> Paul Mackinney <paul at mackinney.net> wrote in message
>news:<mailman.1040763572.18941.python-list at python.org>...
>> > Hi, I'm writing a database
>> 
>> Why? I'm using gadfly ... a small SQL data base completely written in Python.
>> 
>> Armin 
>Thanks, I'll check it out. The short story is that I'm writing software
>intended for redistribution, and don't wish to impose a database
>requirement on users.
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I understand your motivation.  The "databases"
most contributors to this thread have mentioned
will *help* your deployment issues, not compli-
cate them; unlike most DBMSs you probably know,
they do NOT involve heavy administration over-
head.  I recommend that you study them a bit
more.
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