MySQL doesn't have a GUI itself. It does ship with a command line client. You can rite your own, GUI, or for a rather generic way to control its databases you can try PHPMyAdmin with it, you'llneed a server environment to run it. Another lightweight database that uses a file to store the database and is small and light is SQLite. Interestingly, SQLite is also included in the later Python distributions. From: program-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:program-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dale Leavens Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 10:18 PM To: program-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [program-l] Is there a small version of MySQL? I have been looking around for an alternative to Access2007. I like the idea of a command line interface and GUI interface for the sighted folk. There is MS-SQL Express Compact edition of course. I couldn't find an MySQL equivalent? I couldn't find one but that may be my search strategy. Thanks.