I want to make a program that will allow the user to enter data into a set number of fields and then the program should store this data.

However what would be the best way to save the data?

Should I save it as a txt file or should I go the whole hog and try and learn about databases and all that?

Thanks
AL

PS. I'm only a relative newbie to programming so I'm not sure about what to do.

PPS. I'm using Visual Studio 2010