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simple client data base

Ramchandra Apte maniandram01 at gmail.com
Wed Sep 5 08:57:24 EDT 2012 
On Monday, 3 September 2012 19:42:21 UTC+5:30, Manatee  wrote:
> Hello all, I am learning to program in python. I have a need to make a
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> program that can store, retrieve, add, and delete client data such as
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> name, address, social, telephone number and similar information. This
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> would be a small client database for my wife who has a home accounting
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> business.
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> I have been reading about lists, tuples, and dictionary data
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> structures in python and I am confused as to which would be more
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> appropriate for a simple database.
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> I know that python has real database capabilities but I'm not there
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> yet and would like to proceed with as simple a structure as possible.
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> Can anyone give me some idea's or tell me which structure would be
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> best to use?
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> Maybe its a combination of structures? I need some help.
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> Thanks for your help.

If there are not more than 1000 records you can just use `pickle`
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