shortening my sequencing records without writing each record

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@Pete - To replace say record 16 in a sequential file, you have to set up a temporary file, write all the old data to it, except for the 16th record, which would be replaced with the new data. then kill the old file and name the temporary file as the old file.

That's alright. But the whole thing works in QB64. . . well, "krampfig" weird(?). There's better.
I have worked with MySQL + PostgreSQL before, and now I have looked at MySQL again. After initial retching, I now find my way around again a little and have created a first small database. For training.

So if you need a database like babyboomerboy, you might want to take a look at MySQL.
The installation is not difficult. Only I still have a problem setting it up. I would like to have my databases on the G:\ drive, but the corresponding settings are somehow not accepted. It stays in the default directory in C:\. Well, new task, new fun!