my $delstatus = 'checking for: [' . $data->{'host_name'} .
            '][' . $data->{'service_description'} . '] for last output entry.';
        my @last_records = database('current')->quick_select('states',
            {
                host_name => $data->{'host_name'},
                name => $data->{'service_description'}
                },
            { order_by => { desc => 'id' } }
            ) or $delstatus .= '/error from quick_select call;' .
                ' ERR [' . database('current')->err . '];' .
                ' ERRSTR [' . database('current')->errstr . ']';
        $delstatus .= '/found [' . (scalar @last_records) . '] to delete';
        debug("QUICK SELECT STATUS: --=> $delstatus <=--");