diff --git a/pyfpdb/GuiBulkImport.py b/pyfpdb/GuiBulkImport.py
index 1a62a37d..7ab50d41 100755
--- a/pyfpdb/GuiBulkImport.py
+++ b/pyfpdb/GuiBulkImport.py
@@ -208,9 +208,7 @@ class GuiBulkImport():
             self.lab_drop.set_sensitive(False)
 
 def main(argv=None):
-    """main can also be called in the python interpreter, by supplying the command line as the argument.
->>>import GuiBulkImport
->>>GuiBulkImport.main(['-f'.'~/data/hands'])"""
+    """main can also be called in the python interpreter, by supplying the command line as the argument."""
     if argv is None:
         argv = sys.argv[1:]
 
@@ -238,13 +236,14 @@ def main(argv=None):
     if os.name == 'nt': settings['os'] = 'windows'
     else:               settings['os'] = 'linuxmac'
 
-    settings.update(config.get_db_parameters('fpdb'))
+#    settings.update(config.get_db_parameters('fpdb'))
+    settings.update(config.get_db_parameters())
     settings.update(config.get_tv_parameters())
     settings.update(config.get_import_parameters())
     settings.update(config.get_default_paths())
 
     if not options.gui:
-        print """-q is deprecated. Just use "-f filename" instead"""
+        print '-q is deprecated. Just use "-f filename" instead'
         # This is because -q on its own causes an error, so -f is necessary and sufficient for cmd line use
     if not options.filename:
         i = GuiBulkImport(db, settings, config)
diff --git a/pyfpdb/fpdb_simple.py b/pyfpdb/fpdb_simple.py
index aa0b2e9f..e8ef9bb7 100644
--- a/pyfpdb/fpdb_simple.py
+++ b/pyfpdb/fpdb_simple.py
@@ -163,9 +163,9 @@ def prepareBulkImport(fdb):
 #    DON'T FORGET TO RECREATE THEM!!
                 #print "dropping pg fk", fk['fktab'], fk['fkcol']
                 try:
-		    #print "alter table %s drop constraint %s_%s_fkey" % (fk['fktab'], fk['fktab'], fk['fkcol'])
+                #print "alter table %s drop constraint %s_%s_fkey" % (fk['fktab'], fk['fktab'], fk['fkcol'])
                     fdb.cursor.execute("alter table %s drop constraint %s_%s_fkey" % (fk['fktab'], fk['fktab'], fk['fkcol']))
-		    print "dropped pg fk pg fk %s_%s_fkey" % (fk['fktab'], fk['fkcol'])
+                    print "dropped pg fk pg fk %s_%s_fkey" % (fk['fktab'], fk['fkcol'])
                 except:
                     print "! failed drop pg fk %s_%s_fkey" % (fk['fktab'], fk['fkcol'])
             else:
@@ -1392,34 +1392,43 @@ def recogniseTourneyTypeId(cursor, siteId, buyin, fee, knockout, rebuyOrAddon):
 # { playername: id } instead of depending on it's relation to the positions list
 # then this can be reduced in complexity a bit
 
-def recognisePlayerIDs(cursor, names, site_id):
-    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]
+#    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):
+    names = [n.encode("utf-8") for n in names]
+    namestring = "name=%s"
+    for x in xrange(len(names)-1):
+        namestring += " OR name=%s"
+#    print "names=", names, "\nnamestring=", namestring
+    cursor.execute("SELECT name,id FROM Players WHERE %s" % namestring , 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
+            namestring = "name=%s"
+            for x in xrange(len(notfound)-1):
+                namestring += " OR name=%s"
+#            print "namestring=",namestring,"\nnotfound=", notfound
+            cursor.executemany("INSERT INTO Players (name, siteId) VALUES (%s, "+str(site_id)+")", (notfound))
+            cursor.execute("SELECT name,id FROM Players WHERE %s" % namestring, notfound) # get their new ids
+            tmp = dict(cursor.fetchall())
+            for n in tmp: # put them all into the same dict
+                ids[n] = tmp[n]
+#    print "ids=", ids                
+    # 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