*** Assorted to-do items and random thoughts *** in no particular order *** begin_work test shell /connect user etc Primary Key metadata attribute for 'last inserted id' test suite $sth->{Database} and $dbh->{Driver} should hold the outer handle not the inner one. $sth->more_results, now and $sth->become($sth2) later dbish - state AutoCommit status clearly at connect time. (And try to set AutoCommit off in eval?) t/shell uninit var at 5.00502/Term/Cap.pm line 284. Add TYPE, SCALE, PRECISION to DBD::Sponge Metadata! (DBI::Metadata?)