84122 Feed .txt files into Flash

This should be seemingly simple but I can't get it to work. I'm developing a Flash 5 site that has some movie clips with text areas that need to be updated frequently. Without going to a Generator option (too costly) I want to set up either .txt files or an excel file or...(simple database?) that my .swf can pull text to populate the flash movie. I don't have a host yet for the site so platform is flexible at this point. If this requires small DB then I will need help setting that up on server. Looking for cost effective solutions to this problem. Interested in finding someone who also has PHP, Javascript, Faslh Actionscript, DHTML and database skills. I'm a web designer and want to set up an ongoing relationship with talented programmers (check out [login to view URL], has not been updated for a year and a half..) Thanks