simple php database?

[saloonstudios]

Here's the deal, I want to catalog some stuff into an online database so that they're viewable by their pertinent specs. Sort by manufacturer, or production year or whatever else. I would just do this in WordPress using Custom Field Templates since that's what I know how to do, but in wordpress everything is either a page or a post, and I'd like to be able to create a new content type for these things. I briefly tried out Drupal and while it seems like it'd work, using the "vocabulary" drop boxes to specifically ID all of the item specs is a little clunky.
Does anyone know if you can create new content types in wordpress (to something other than a page or post) or if there's another simple php app that'll handle this for me but in a simpler way than Drupal?
Think something like Jakobud's site, where you can sort by different specs, but I'd like all of this in a database so that I can call those item's and their specs onto other pages. I could list all of the 1987 items with their images on a separate page or whatever-
http://www.jakobud.com/plan-list.php

[SavannahLion]

Did you look at any of Drupal's plug-ins yet?

Worst comes to worst, you might have to write your own plug-in for one of the packaged PHP sites or roll a complete website on your own.

[newmanfamilyvlogs]

http://www.phpmyedit.org/

Drop dead simple. I use this occasionally for giving non-database minded coworkers access to the databases.

[saloonstudios]

http://www.phpmyedit.org/

Drop dead simple. I use this occasionally for giving non-database minded coworkers access to the databases.

As soon as I wrap my head around it, this might be what I needed.

[VanillaGorilla]

Im a Database programmer. I work with MySQL daily. I dont think you are going to be able to do what you want to do with wordpress alone, unless theres something I dont understand. If you want to PM me to discuss details, i may be able to help you out with this. Im curious what you are cataloging, I had it in mind to do something similar I think, when I didnt have another 100 projects going on

[saloonstudios]

*cough*startrektoycollection*cough*

[missioncontrol]

build your DB in MySQL then from there you should be able to get some help on sorting and such with PHP. I know a little and could possibly help...