I struggled with this question for quite a while. What I wanted had to satisfy the following criteria:
1. A decent license such as GPL or BSD-style. 2. Flexible and powerful. 3. Actively developed. Only a handful of databases satisfy these criteria. IMHO, Postgresql seems to be the easiest and most mature. I use it both locally and remotely with the Roxen web server. It not only satisfies my personal database needs but also is a skill that I can market to small businesses, etc. I think the database/web server combination will explode in popularity. Sorry I cannot help you with Qddb. Is it still being actively developed? Bake -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .