Best method for databse

[quanti]

I want to know what is the best method i can use to write and read (manage) datas in a database.
I only know Access ans Citadel. But i'm not enable to something whit the exemple of Access and i can't play the citadel exemple that i found in the ni web site. Because i need srvr files (ex: write input queue.vi )
who can help me ???

[waldemar.hersacher]

The best method to connect to a database is the SQL Toolkit from NI. It gives you a lot of high level VIs.

The second best method is to use the ODBC interface directly. You need to write some basic functions but you must know SQL. This way you need Access only on the development system to create the data base itself. You can copy the mdb-file to your target system. In the ODBC-Manager you have to create a Data source Name and your applicaton will. The data base engine is part of Windows and is installed with the OS.

Waldemar