The steps taken as I've built the built the integrated data entry script and the recs_insert script have expanded the functionality of the script considerably, but there are some steps that remain to be taken before we can consider this script complete, and one or two others that represent significant improvements to the reliability of the overall architecture. The former lie largely in the entry script itself, and involve what has to be done to incorporate the rest of the participant_game record. As you'll see, this is not as trivial as it might sound. The latter lie in the insertion script itself, and involve building additional fail-over capabilities into this script and beginning the construction of a system log.

The changes from the previous version embodied in this incarnation of the two scripts are, I think, much more substantial than the steps between previous versions. The reason for this is two-fold. First, if you've been following along with the development of the system you will have picked up enough familiarity with the environment that you'll follow a bigger jump without too much trouble. Second, I really want to get rolling on wrapping this thing into a larger environment, and what is involved with doing that. Therefore, I want to get to a point with this iteration after which I'll only have to tidy up some loose ends before I can say that it is what it is. That's not to say that it won't undergo further changes ... I actually rather expect that one of the first things I'll be doing when I move to the next phase is ripping major chunks out of this script and reconstituting them. But that's something I'll get to when I get there ...