i had a little look at the mysql database that i have assigned to this.  there were no changes made to the DB by the script.
is there perhaps something i need to do in the mysql manually in order to make the script able to work?
(from what i can see, the raid_time.php module would have nothing to read with my current setup).
thanks for your answers so far

taking a close look at your first post, i get the impression that i would call the table within the database "damage_dumper".
would that be correct?