diff --git a/gw-connect-sample.php b/gw-connect-sample.php
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+++ b/gw-connect-sample.php
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+<?php
+define ("DATABASE_HOST", "localhost");
+define ("DATABASE_USER", "not-root");
+define ("DATABASE_PASS", "strong-password-here");
+define ("DATABASE_NAME", "gwtreasuretracker");
+?>
diff --git a/gw-index.php b/gw-index.php
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+++ b/gw-index.php
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+<?php
+// tie everything together from here hopefully, might not even need the connection info?
+include_once 'gw-connect.php';
+$con = new mysqli(DATABASE_HOST, DATABASE_USER, DATABASE_PASS, DATABASE_NAME);
+if ($con->connect_errno > 0){
+	die ('Unable to connect to database [' . $db->connect_errno . ']');
+}
+?>
diff --git a/gw-pull.php b/gw-pull.php
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+++ b/gw-pull.php
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+<?php
+$cname = "Chrissi Chan"; //need to make this a POST or GET variable
+include_once 'gw-connect.php';
+$con = new mysqli(DATABASE_HOST, DATABASE_USER, DATABASE_PASS, DATABASE_NAME);
+if ($con->connect_errno > 0){
+	die ('Unable to connect to database [' . $db->connect_errno . ']');
+}
+$sql = "SELECT * FROM `history` WHERE `charname` = '$cname' ORDER BY `historydate` ASC";
+if (!$result = $con->query($sql)){
+	die ('There was an error running the query [' . $con->error . ']');
+}
+while ($row = $result->fetch_array()){
+	echo 'On ' . $row['historydate'] . ', "' . $row['charname'] . '" got ' . $row['goldrec'] . 'GP and ';
+	if (is_null($row['material'])) {
+		echo 'a ' . $row['itemrarity'] . ' req' . $row['itemreq'] . ' ' . $row['itemattribute'] . ' ' . $row['itemtype'] . ' named something stupid <BR />';
+	} else {
+		echo 'a ' . $row['material'] . '!<BR />';
+	} //add another else statement to cover RUNES here
+}
+?>
+
+<TITLE>Treasure Dates</TITLE>