I have been a student of LabVIEW for over 6 years, learning mostly on my own since training is at a premium for most employers (at least all that i have worked for). My current employer has numerous test sets that write data to several csv files on our server. One of the first problems was when two test sets attempt to write to the file at the same time one of them gets an error. I have implemented a workaround by reading the error and putting that test set in a loop that waits for the file to be ready again then writes or reads as is necessary. This is a clunky solution for a problem that will just continue to grow as more and more test sets are added. I have suggested a database instead of csv files and my employer bought me the LabVIEW database connectivity toolkit. By attempting to learn with trial and error I wrote small vis to write some data then read it back. I AM LOST! 😞 Does anyone have a suggestion where to start to learn the basics on this stuff (without being sent for training), ie a database for dummies type of thing 😉 I have time and a small budget for books etc. thanks for reading, Dave

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Yupeng, The user manual is only useful if you already have a database setup and are ready to start communications with it from LabVIEW. I am looking for general DB setup information. The 101 link listed above gave some general insights to how a database works. I am currently looking at SQLite and will give SQL Server Express a look to set something up soon.

Thanks falkpl and nyc!!