Hello, I have a new question for you guru's out there (don't I always).

I am going to be saving and retrieving long strings, up to 300 characters. My question is this, should I be using a random access file, or a database for this? I need to be able to call on each entry individually at anytime, so a sequential file seems out of the question. I need it to be quick and responsive, as much as possible. The only database software I could use would be Access.

I am leaning towards the random access file, but maybe your experience will direct me another way. I have heard of binary, but never messed with em...is this something to look in to???

Please spell it out to me if you have an answer, this is my first "real" program that I am attempting.
Thanks, hellswraith....