>>Depending on the project type:
>>- Access (not me)C#, VB.Net or any other .Net language with MSDE
>>- Delphi & Firebird
>>- PHP & MySql (not me)
>>- Java & any other DB.
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>There's also Powerbuilder, once a red-hot tool (here in DC area, anyway), but now it seems to be a falling-off trend.

Yes, I though of that, but Powerbuilder was a little too much for a desktop app, imho. It was a good tool at the time. What VB should have being, maybe...