Database and Delphi tutorial

Hi people

I need help creating a Delphi program that will use a database to either...

1) Help lan party host to keep everything organized from the drinks sold,who pain,who won etc.

Or

2) A program to help admin keep track of all the people on his server,who paid,who used up all their bandwidth etc.

or
Elections for the class rep or something..

Now i need you guys to tell me which one will be the best (easiest) and ill also need to know where and how to start then from there ill do it myself and ask for help when im stuck

Thanks in advance!!!!