Thx Ikegami..... but I checked the schema in vim.... looks pretty plain text to me.... I also opened it in 0xED (Im on a mac but its a hex editor.... looks good...

Am investigating the issue... now I have never done this before but by providing a working example, would it be a good idea to post it to CPAN authors who have written this module? There aren't many examples out there for this module on CPAN. Will prolly help newbies like me.