How to manage, organize, and store records in an interactive PDF form without connecting to, relying on a database?

I posted a question to the Adobe Acrobat Community forum well over a decade ago asking if anyone knew how to connect a database to an interactive PDF form after Adobe had elected to eliminate/get rid of their own ODBC driver back in 2010 intended to connect a PDF form to a database such as MS Access or My SQL. In short, the responses back then primarily stated this was unable to be done without an ODBC driver. In short, the answers provided were essentially incorrect given I had eventually come to learn the technology existed at the time to create a 1-page PDF form without the need to connect to a database to manage, organize, and store several hundred records consisting of an exceptional small footprint (<2 MB) without sacrificing speed/performance using a 1-page PDF form in the Free Adobe Reader. Unfortunately, the old discussion/thread referred to herein was closed around 9+ years ago no longer accepting posts of any kind. Fast forward to today’s technology and while I’m well aware of Adobe AEM Forms Designer and other apps capable of connecting a database to a PDF form, most are intended for large enterprise having to deal with hundreds/thousands of records as opposed to managing several hundred or less normally required by small to medium-size companies/businesses today. This noted, I would like to post the same question once again to solicit answers from Adobe Acrobat Community members well-versed in creating interactive PDF forms with two conditions, namely 1) I’m not interested in methods that require using a database and 2) I’m not interested in responses from anyone looking to accuse me of attempting to scam or promote products related to interactive PDF forms based on opinion only without providing facts other than suspicion alone. Sorry for the novel, however, based on prior experience I deem these conditions to be required to prevent confusing those reading/interested in replying to this post. Thank you ahead of time.

Sincerely,

Marty Karr