Thanks for the input. I'll probably move towards either Class::DBI or Ima::DBI soon, I'm a dinosaur who's been using pure DBI for so long it's always the first thing that pops into my head.

I'll look into using the load_tmpl method I missed it in my cursory read of the documentation. Also, the mode1, mode2, ... thing I totally stole from the documentation, I'll definitely rename my run_modes more something more reasonable.

Thanks for the help, I really appreciate it. :)