Database software

Hi /comp/

Can anyone recommend me a good and simple program that is like Microsoft Access except free to download?

I've got a lot of information and stuff stored in text files, and I'd love to take all that and put it in one database for ease of use. I'm familiar with Access and other database-related programs from work, but since it's only for simple private stuff it's not something I want to pay for.

What I'm looking for is just something to store lots of simple data (it's only numbers and text) and that responds to basic SQL commands.

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