Databases versus plain text

Question

When dealing with small projects, what do you feel is the break even point for storing data in simple text files, hash tables, etc., versus using a real database? For small

Answer 1

The problem with small projects is that they become bigger before we know it. And once they do , we start missing the sql capabilities.

Always design such that a db can be utilized later on if required without ripping apart half of the application.