I've decided to migrate from my old pseudo-database to a proper one. First of all i use my database to store guitar tabs(sheet music). At the moment a visitor to my site can view all the tabs stored in the database or add his own using a submission form. The database also stores the submitters name and the submission date along with the tab they wish to include. My main problem is deciding what type of database should i migrate to?. Yesterday i did some tutorials and stuff on XML. I created a .xml doc and used XML::Simple to read from it. Is this a good solution to my problem?. And if so, how do i add new information to my database, does XML::Writer help in this regard. Ive checked CPAN but its only confusing me further, Thanxs Baz my site is here

In reply to interfacing between perl and a database by Baz

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