Chris, There's really no need to be afraid of SQL. Frankly, I can't think of a reason to avoid it, because once you get the hang of it, it's not that complicated at all. For learning, MS Access is good, because it's easy to use and requiers virtually no configuring on your part. But remember, it's a desktop application with all the drawbacks of desktop apps vs. multi-tier apps. For multi-tier you could think of Firebird (free, open src), or MS SQL Server (handy, if you start with MS Access, because you can easily scale up), or of course any of a host of SQL oriented databases.
Peter Laman Senior Software Engineer Lance ICT Group Roermond, the Netherlands http://www.lance-safety.com _______________________________________________ Delphi-DB mailing list Delphi-DB@elists.org http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi-db
