Thanks people for all the replies, I've gotten hold of some new ideas and links to play with. The main thing was (thanks to Mission) I realised that I wasn't going nuts... I'm going to read through it all and try and find a better way to do it.

Update » thanks Joe++, I'd kinda come to the same conclusions, so I won't be using underscores in any of my naming conventions here-on-in, that should make things a tad easier for the future. And again, thanks for your reply.