Gilles Tran wrote:

> You can do some limited database work with text files (or Excel files etc.), 
> but that will mostly be limited to actions that can be done without 
> requiring indexes, i.e. SELECT and INSERT statements rather than UPDATE and 
> DELETE for instance. For testing a database, you'll need a database. MS 
> Access will do, and MySQL takes a couple of minutes to install on a PC.

PostreSQL also takes a couple of minutes to set up. Unforuntately, I 
can't make it do anything once it's installed.

MySQL isn't transactional = I'm not really interested.

Maybe I'll just use M$ Access. [Obviously that means I can only use 
computers which have M$ Access.]

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