diff --git a/pyfpdb/fpdb_simple.py b/pyfpdb/fpdb_simple.py
index 2c432c75..aa0b2e9f 100644
--- a/pyfpdb/fpdb_simple.py
+++ b/pyfpdb/fpdb_simple.py
@@ -1393,19 +1393,33 @@ def recogniseTourneyTypeId(cursor, siteId, buyin, fee, knockout, rebuyOrAddon):
 # then this can be reduced in complexity a bit
 
 def recognisePlayerIDs(cursor, names, site_id):
-    cursor.execute("SELECT name,id FROM Players WHERE name='%s'" % "' OR name='".join(names)) # get all playerids by the names passed in
-    ids = dict(cursor.fetchall()) # convert to dict
-    if len(ids) != len(names):
-        notfound = [n for n in names if n not in ids] # make list of names not in database
-        if notfound: # insert them into database
-            cursor.executemany("INSERT INTO Players (name, siteId) VALUES (%s, "+str(site_id)+")", (notfound))
-            cursor.execute("SELECT name,id FROM Players WHERE name='%s'" % "' OR name='".join(notfound)) # get their new ids
-            tmp = dict(cursor.fetchall())
-            for n in tmp: # put them all into the same dict
-                ids[n] = tmp[n]
-                
-    # return them in the SAME ORDER that they came in in the names argument, rather than the order they came out of the DB
-    return [ids[n] for n in names]
+    result = []
+    for i in xrange(len(names)):
+        cursor.execute ("SELECT id FROM Players WHERE name=%s", (names[i],))
+        tmp=cursor.fetchall()
+        if (len(tmp)==0): #new player
+            cursor.execute ("INSERT INTO Players (name, siteId) VALUES (%s, %s)", (names[i], site_id))
+            #print "Number of players rows inserted: %d" % cursor.rowcount
+            cursor.execute ("SELECT id FROM Players WHERE name=%s", (names[i],))
+            tmp=cursor.fetchall()
+        #print "recognisePlayerIDs, names[i]:",names[i],"tmp:",tmp
+        result.append(tmp[0][0])
+    return result
+
+#def recognisePlayerIDs(cursor, names, site_id):
+#    cursor.execute("SELECT name,id FROM Players WHERE name='%s'" % "' OR name='".join(names)) # get all playerids by the names passed in
+#    ids = dict(cursor.fetchall()) # convert to dict
+#    if len(ids) != len(names):
+#        notfound = [n for n in names if n not in ids] # make list of names not in database
+#        if notfound: # insert them into database
+#            cursor.executemany("INSERT INTO Players (name, siteId) VALUES (%s, "+str(site_id)+")", (notfound))
+#            cursor.execute("SELECT name,id FROM Players WHERE name='%s'" % "' OR name='".join(notfound)) # get their new ids
+#            tmp = dict(cursor.fetchall())
+#            for n in tmp: # put them all into the same dict
+#                ids[n] = tmp[n]
+#                
+#    # return them in the SAME ORDER that they came in in the names argument, rather than the order they came out of the DB
+#    return [ids[n] for n in names]
 #end def recognisePlayerIDs