Is XE right for SOHO bookkeeping+CRM ?

I'm thinking of "Rolling my own" bookkeeping system for a small (mom and pop) home-based business. Two reasons:
1. I haven't done any serious database programming since the late '80s using DBase under DOS and later the DB2-like database under OS/2 v1.2EE. I want to get back up to speed with a project that I can really sink my teeth into.
2. I know there are myriad off-the-shelf bookkkeeping packages out there, including Quickbooks. Most of them are more complex than what I need, yet at the same time not as flexible as I need. I could probably get there with enough customization and enough kludging of enough different off-the-shelf products together, but If I'm going to do THAT much customization, then why not start from scratch and do it ALL myself?
The type of business is 'Professional Services' wherein we have basically one commodity: Billable hours, supporting PC and network hardware. Occasionally, some parts and expenses but no real inventory that needs to be kept track of (yet). I want to automate the workflow/Reporting/Billing/CRM in an almost micro-micro-ERP sort of way but yet on nowhere near vast enough to justify a 'real' ERP system. Basically, I want to apply the ERP concepts on a micro scale.
My programming experience is mostly Pascal and a minor amount of VBA, VBS and C-Scripting. I don't know beans about Java (yet) but I'm a reasonably quick learner.
Is it a complete fool's errand to even THINK about doing it this way, or within the realm of possibility ?

Hi,
I would do this kind app using Application Express (Apex)
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/developer-tools/apex/overview/index.html
You can register free workspace and check Apex.
http://apex.oracle.com/i/index.html
Download e.g. packaged applications and install those to your
apex.oracle.com workspace to see source code and get idea how Apex works.
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/developer-tools/apex/application-express/packaged-apps-090453.html
Regards,
Jari

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