--- /dev/null
+#!/usr/bin/perl -w
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use DBI;
+use DBD::Pg qw(:pg_types);
+
+use LWP::Simple;
+
+our $dbh;
+for my $file ("/home/whale/db.pl")
+{
+ unless (my $return = do $file){
+ warn "couldn't parse $file: $@" if $@;
+ warn "couldn't do $file: $!" unless defined $return;
+ warn "couldn't run $file" unless $return;
+ }
+}
+
+$dbh->trace("0","/tmp/scanstest");
+my $update = $dbh->prepare("UPDATE misc SET value = value::int + 1 WHERE id = 'TICK'");
+$update->execute();
+$dbh->disconnect;