i'm asking this because i don't need for 10 people to log on to my database or todo some complex data mining. i need a speed of a mysql data retrieval and to be able to deal with very very large data sets. also i would be the only user and there would be only one database so also i don't see the need for connecting protocol.

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See, again, DBD::SQLite, and maybe http://sqlite.org. Also, consider maybe DBM::Deep or one of the other hash solutions. So far, you haven't told us what your needs are, and I'm too lazy to dust off my crystal ball just for you.