Recomendations on Python databases

[David M. Cook]

In article <b3hb4k$nco$1 at slb9.atl.mindspring.net>, Bob Ballard wrote:

> I'm planning on writing a record keeping and reporting app with a database.
> I don't want to have to depend on the user having Access and the DB will
> not, at least at this point, be on the web.  I'd like the app to be
> stand-alone.
> 
> So, what database would one suggest?  Open source (free) preferred.
> If I do move it to the web or Linux in the future then suggestions as to
> what I should take into account now make that as painless as possible would
> be appreciated.
> 
> I've done this as a C program back in the mid 80's using an ISAM lib and as
> an Access VBA program a few years ago.  I now wanna do it in Python and
> wxPython.  Any db pointers?

Some options:

o metakit.  This  is   relational,  but not SQL.  There's a python extension
  that adds an SQL frontend (mkSQL).
  
        http://www.mcmillan-inc.com/mksqlintro.html

o sqlite
  	
	http://pysqlite.sourceforge.net/
		     
o ZODB with IndexedCatalog

        http://www.async.com.br/projects/IndexedCatalog/
	
Dave Cook