diff --git a/db/db.update.62.php b/db/db.update.62.php
index 4c92d8c..bd9ecc4 100644
--- a/db/db.update.62.php
+++ b/db/db.update.62.php
@@ -1,31 +1,34 @@
 <?
 
-/* This file may contain 2 functions, a db_update_pre() and a db_update_post()
- * db_update_pre() is called before the SQL patch is applied, and as expected, 
- * db_update_post() is called after.
+/* This file may contain 2 functions, a db_update_$ver_pre() and a
+ * db_update_$ver_post(). _pre() is called before the SQL patch is
+ *applied, and as expected, _post() is called after.
  * 
  * These functions are called from the main db_update.php file, and included
  * once, so any global variables declared in here WILL REMAIN across both
  * calls.  meaning you can pull some stuff out of the database in _pre(), and
  * then the patch will be applied, and they it can be inserted back into the
- * database in _post(). */
+ * database in _post(). 
+ * Also note that MULTIPLE php scripts could be included if the db update is 
+ * large, so global variable names probably shouldn't conflict... put the version
+ * number in them*/
 
-$committee = array();
-function db_update_pre()
+$update_62_committee = array();
+function db_update_62_pre()
 {
-	global $committee;
+	global $update_62_committee;
 	$q = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM committees_members");
 	while($r = mysql_fetch_assoc($q)) {
-		$committee[] = $r;
+		$update_62_committee[] = $r;
 	}
 }
 
-function db_update_post()
+function db_update_62_post()
 {
-	global $committee;
+	global $update_62_committee;
 	global $config;
 
-	foreach($committee as $c) {
+	foreach($update_62_committee as $c) {
 		list($fn, $ln) = split(' ', $c['name'], 2);
 		$username = $c['email'];
 		$fn = mysql_escape_string($fn);
diff --git a/db/db_update.php b/db/db_update.php
index 1a6f6f2..4ba3fa9 100644
--- a/db/db_update.php
+++ b/db/db_update.php
@@ -59,10 +59,10 @@ if($dbcodeversion && $dbdbversion)
 			{
 				include("db.update.$ver.php");
 			}
-			if(is_callable("db_update_pre")) {
-				echo "db.update.$ver.php::db_update_pre() exists - running...\n";
-				call_user_func("db_update_pre");
-				echo "db.update.$ver.php::db_update_pre() done.\n";
+			if(is_callable("db_update_{$ver}_pre")) {
+				echo "db.update.$ver.php::db_update_{$ver}_pre() exists - running...\n";
+				call_user_func("db_update_{$ver}_pre");
+				echo "db.update.$ver.php::db_update_{$ver}_pre() done.\n";
 			}
 			if(file_exists("db.update.$ver.sql"))
 			{
@@ -75,10 +75,10 @@ if($dbcodeversion && $dbdbversion)
 			{
 				echo "Version $ver SQL update file not found - skipping over\n";
 			}
-			if(is_callable("db_update_post")) {
-				echo "db.update.$ver.php::db_update_post() exists - running...\n";
-				call_user_func("db_update_post");
-				echo "db.update.$ver.php::db_update_post() done.\n";
+			if(is_callable("db_update_{$ver}_post")) {
+				echo "db.update.$ver.php::db_update_{$ver}_post() exists - running...\n";
+				call_user_func("db_update_{$ver}_post");
+				echo "db.update.$ver.php::db_update_{$ver}_post() done.\n";
 			}
 		}
 		echo "\nAll done - updating new DB version to $dbcodeversion\n";