But if you look at the scop of the use of the proposed database you will see tha all the best dbs are going to be overkill. So its basically which you can get into easiest and that can justify the expense. Or if you choose to use some restraint you will want to go with Access if you dont need a front end for your users. Only districute MDAC and the mdb file. For security, just use workgroup security as its the best for an Access database.