I needed to add a couple of things to the original posting. What i'm trying to do is have a browser interface for manipulating and viewing the data. The database would be manipulated with cgi on a linux machine. I thought about access, but i don't believe there are api's for creating and manipulating the table definitions? If there is that would be great. Is there a unix version of access i wonder? A relational database that fits in a single file(or more, doesn't matter) and has an odbc driver that attaches to the file(s) that is available on unix? --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php