Wayne,

Thank you very much for the advice.

I would like to re-focus this back to my original question:

What "parts/elements" do I need to purchase, to write data to an SQL database for client/development?

We're getting way out of the scope of my original question, although I am certainly appreciative of your ideas and others who have responded.

Right now I am just concerned with simply writing/reading to/from a SQL database.

Kind regards,
Derek