database question

[dave18285]

I am writing an application for a small company that needs to store basic information about clients. The program will only run on one computer and will initially consist of around 1000 entries. What choices do I have for simple database storage. They don't want to run SQL because it is just on one computer, I was thinking about access, but they don't own office. What are my other alternatives?

[NigelQ]

Microsoft Jet Engine 4.0 is the software working behind the scenes of MS Access. This is freely available to download from Microsoft.

They don't make it easy to find, but it's there somewhere

The engine behind SQL Server is available there also - it's the MSDE (MicroSoft Database Engine).

For your needs however, I would stick to Access.

Be advised however that spending the $90 or so required to buy Access might be worth it to get the visual front end tools needed to edit tables and such (you could easily waste over $90 in time without this).

Hope this helps,

- Nigel