Right you are (sorry I did not notice the “local” bit in your post).
I use sqllite3 (I’d imagine it would be good enough for most scenarios locally)?
http://docs.coronalabs.com/daily/api/library/sqlite3/index.html
Anshuman, I just upvoted your feature request.
Feartec, while I too was looking forward for a local solution and I too use sqlite3 for pretty much all my Corona stuff, I wasn’t aware of Cloudant. Thanks for posting.
Cheers chillfok