title: Text files (.txt) as Database: best practices
body: <p>I want to use txt files as database. Is there any advice, like a list of best practices, for people who want to use txt files as database? For example:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>Should I use only one-line files, avoiding carriage return, etc?</li>
  <li>Should the file be ASCII, ANSI, UNICODE, or anyone is good?</li>
  <li>Should I keep the files clean from some specific set of ASCII, ANSI, UNICODE characters (etc) that could corrupt the data?</li>
  <li>Should I use CSV or TSV or TXT or anyone is good?</li>
  <li>etc...</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>Please, any help would be apreciated. For me, txt files seems as the perfect solution, but may be something I cannot see for now that could put me in trouble.</p>