a) which database would you suggest (I guess that Oracle, MySQL and Valentina are my options)?
Developer Release 1 of SDB (Serendipity Database--Binary) is currently being tested by the Revolution IPC group <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/revolution_ipc>. I expect to release DR-2 shortly after the DR-2 version of the group's IPC library is available. It will be released to the Rev community at large if I feel the IPC library is stable enough.
b) is there an internal way of doing this instead of one of the above databases?
The traditional HyperCard approach would entail creating a card for each record.
c) will the standalone app then incorporate the database functions, or will the enduser be required to have the database in question installed on their computer as well?
I'm not sure what you are asking here. The data itself can be in a stack, a text file, or a database file. Unless the data is being provided via a server app, it must reside in some location the enduser has access to. I believe a Valentina db can be accessed directly by the standalone via an external, and that MySQL requires a separate server application running on the enduser's computer or over a LAN. SDB works in either mode with no differences in syntax. SDB is hierarchical and does not support SQL query syntax.
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