[Cid]

Oh I missed the part about the public computer thing. I assume you want this to be a thing where someone can sit down, open a program and search the DB.

If I were asked to do this right now, I would put it in MySQL and write a small delphi app. But since you don't have delphi or vb, I'd go with the php or perl app and just make a link to it on the desktop.

I think, either way, you want to put in mysql (or whatever sql server you've got) and go from there.