db development for small business

[arzoo400]

What software is generally used for small companies, not necessarily to autotmate everything, but something like 4-5 pc's with a database? (just for inhouse stuff, not over the internet)

Oracle is obviously too expensive, and is vb not database enough? any suggestions? I've heard of power builder and some others.

Hope for some suggestions, since I have no experience at this.

[aio]

Small companies does not necessarily mean small database.

Anyway, MS-Access is a likely candidate.

[arzoo400]

Can MS access database be made into an executable application? or only run under MS access all the time?

[Manish Malik]

You can use VB to rapidly develop a front-end for the MS-Access (or any other) database (then the distributation package becomes: your VB application + the MS Access database).