Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!news.mixmin.net!feeds.phibee-telecom.net!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed5.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.009 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.98; '*S*': 0.00; 'python.': 0.02; 'python': 0.09; 'received:80.91': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229': 0.09; 'received:gmane.org': 0.09; 'received:list': 0.09; 'sqlite': 0.09; 'add,': 0.16; 'received:80.91.229.3': 0.16; 'received:plane.gmane.org': 0.16; 'rivet': 0.16; 'subject:simple': 0.16; 'tuples,': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.17; 'module': 0.19; 'appropriate': 0.20; 'all,': 0.21; 'combination': 0.22; 'stick': 0.22; 'help.': 0.22; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.25; 'header:User- Agent:1': 0.26; 'disk': 0.27; 'structures': 0.27; 'header:X -Complaints-To:1': 0.28; 'dictionary': 0.29; 'pickle': 0.29; 'use?': 0.29; "i'm": 0.29; 'maybe': 0.29; 'point': 0.31; 'from:addr:yahoo.co.uk': 0.32; 'structure': 0.32; 'subject:data': 0.33; 'anyone': 0.33; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.33; 'thanks': 0.34; 'similar': 0.35; 'there': 0.35; 'received:org': 0.36; 'but': 0.36; 'client': 0.36; 'option': 0.37; 'data': 0.37; 'subject:: ': 0.38; 'mark': 0.38; 'some': 0.38; 'possible.': 0.38; 'delete': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'header:Received:5': 0.40; 'your': 0.60; 'real': 0.61; 'save': 0.61; 'more': 0.63; 'telephone': 0.64; 'store,': 0.65; 'home': 0.66; 'capabilities': 0.71; 'address,': 0.79; 'business.': 0.82; 'social,': 0.93 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: python-list@python.org From: Mark Lawrence Subject: Re: simple client data base Date: Mon, 03 Sep 2012 15:37:16 +0100 References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: host-92-24-120-91.ppp.as43234.net User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.0; rv:15.0) Gecko/20120824 Thunderbird/15.0 In-Reply-To: X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 120903-0, 03/09/2012), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 31 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1346682970 news.xs4all.nl 6870 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:33962 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:28355 On 03/09/2012 15:12, Mark R Rivet wrote: > Hello all, I am learning to program in python. I have a need to make a > program that can store, retrieve, add, and delete client data such as > name, address, social, telephone number and similar information. This > would be a small client database for my wife who has a home accounting > business. > > 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 know that python has real database capabilities but I'm not there > yet and would like to proceed with as simple a structure as possible. > > Can anyone give me some idea's or tell me which structure would be > best to use? > > Maybe its a combination of structures? I need some help. > > Thanks for your help. > If you stick with the simple data structures at some point you're going to have to save them to disk with a module like pickle or shelve. IMHO using sqlite is a better option as it comes with Python. -- Cheers. Mark Lawrence.