> Could someone please recommend a nice and well > documented database program for a person who > has never used a database? Postgres is a full-featured option: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/interactive/index.html Easy to install, either from RPM's found at: http://www.postgresql.org/ftp/binary/v8.1.2/linux/rpms/fedora/ or by building it from source: http://www.postgresql.org/ftp/source/v8.1.2/