diff --git a/comments_ddl.sql b/comments_ddl.sql
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index 0000000..f55eb50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comments_ddl.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+-- ATTACH DATABASE 'comments.db' AS Comments;
+
+PRAGMA FOREIGN_KEYS = ON;
+
+
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS CHANNEL;
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS CHANNEL(
+    ClaimId     TEXT    NOT NULL,
+    Name        TEXT    NOT NULL,
+    Timestamp   INTEGER      DEFAULT NULL,
+    CONSTRAINT CHANNEL_PK PRIMARY KEY (ClaimId)
+        ON CONFLICT IGNORE,
+    CONSTRAINT CHANNEL_NAME_LEN
+        CHECK ( 0 < length(Name) AND length(Name) <= 120)
+);
+
+
+
+
+
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS COMMENT;
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS COMMENT (
+    CommentId   INTEGER NOT NULL,
+    LbryClaimId TEXT    NOT NULL,
+    ChannelId   TEXT    NOT NULL,
+    Body        TEXT    NOT NULL,
+    ParentId    INTEGER          DEFAULT NULL,
+    Timestamp   DATETIME,
+    CONSTRAINT COMMENT_ID_PK PRIMARY KEY (CommentId)
+        ON CONFLICT ABORT,
+    CONSTRAINT COMMENT_PARENT_FK FOREIGN KEY (ParentId) REFERENCES COMMENT(CommentId)
+        ON UPDATE CASCADE ON DELETE NO ACTION,  -- setting null implies comment is top level
+    CONSTRAINT COMMENT_BODY_LEN CHECK(1 < length(Body) AND length(Body) <= 2000)
+);
diff --git a/scripts.sql b/scripts.sql
deleted file mode 100644
index 3e7b40e..0000000
--- a/scripts.sql
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,122 +0,0 @@
-ATTACH DATABASE 'comments.db' AS Comments;
-
-PRAGMA FOREIGN_KEYS = ON;
-
-SELECT * FROM CLAIM WHERE LbryClaimId LIKE '1ed866252f80e48f2496acec72a69a5ad85497AC';
-
-SELECT * FROM CLAIM;
-
-DROP TABLE CLAIM;
-CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS CLAIM (
-	ClaimIndex    INTEGER NOT NULL,
-	LbryClaimId   TEXT    NOT NULL,
-	Time_added    INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT (strftime('%s', 'now')),
-	CONSTRAINT CLAIM_PK PRIMARY KEY (ClaimIndex)
-	    ON CONFLICT ROLLBACK,
-	CONSTRAINT LBRY_CLAIMID_CK UNIQUE (LbryClaimId)
-	    ON CONFLICT IGNORE,
-	CONSTRAINT LBRY_CLAIM_ID CHECK (length(LbryClaimId) = 40)
-);
-INSERT INTO CLAIM(LbryClaimId)
-VALUES  ('1ed866252f80e48f2496acec72a69a5ad85497ac'),
-        ('3128b0f0e9b4b18e33fc8e2a586a66da40f617c4'),
-        ('ce09230acc7b0037ddc9a1ac01f03baab8a23b1b');
---         ('0c37b593d4d7e9a00e1bd69f305d0241eac3f4ad');
-
-SELECT * FROM COMMENT;
-DROP TABLE COMMENT;
-CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS COMMENT (
-    CommentId  INTEGER NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY ,
-    ClaimIndex INTEGER NOT NULL,
-    ChannelName  TEXT    NOT NULL,
-    ParentId   INTEGER          DEFAULT NULL,
-    Timestamp  INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT (strftime('%s', 'now')),
-    Comment       TEXT    NOT NULL,
-    CONSTRAINT COMMENT_CLAIM_FK
-        FOREIGN KEY (ClaimIndex) REFERENCES CLAIM(ClaimIndex)
-            ON UPDATE CASCADE ON DELETE CASCADE,
-    CONSTRAINT COMMENT_PARENT_FK
-        FOREIGN KEY (ParentId) REFERENCES COMMENT(CommentId)
-            ON UPDATE CASCADE ON DELETE SET NULL,
-    CONSTRAINT COMMENT_LEN CHECK(1 < length(Comment) AND length(Comment) <= 2000),
-    CONSTRAINT CHANNEL_NAME_LEN CHECK ( 0 < length(ChannelName) AND length(ChannelName) <= 120),
-    CONSTRAINT COMMENT_SK UNIQUE (ChannelName, Comment, ParentId)
-                                   ON CONFLICT IGNORE
-);
-
-
-
-INSERT INTO COMMENT(ClaimIndex, ChannelName, ParentId, Comment)
-SELECT 2 , 'Flatness Flatness LA', 1, 'sick bike tricks'
-FROM CLAIM AS C
-WHERE C.ClaimIndex = ClaimIndex AND EXISTS (
-    SELECT * FROM Comments.COMMENT AS P
-    WHERE P.CommentId = P.ParentId
-);
-
--- first three should fail
-INSERT INTO CLAIM(LbryClaimId)
-VALUES  ('1ed866252f80e48f2496acec72a69a5ad85497ac'),
-        ('3128b0f0e9b4b18e33fc8e2a586a66da40f617c4'),
-        ('ce09230acc7b0037ddc9a1ac01f03baab8a23b1b'),
-        ('0c37b593d4d7e9a00e1bd69f305d0241eac3f4ad');
-
-
--- gets the top level comments for a given claim id
-SELECT * FROM COMMENT AS C, CLAIM AS D
-WHERE C.ParentId IS NULL
-  AND C.ClaimIndex = D.ClaimIndex
-  AND D.LbryClaimId LIKE 'some shit here';
-
-SELECT SQLITE_VERSION();
-
-
-
-SELECT * FROM CLAIM;
-INSERT INTO COMMENT(ClaimIndex, ChannelName, Comment)
-SELECT
-    C.ClaimIndex, 'doge loard', 'nice ass'
-FROM CLAIM AS C WHERE C.LbryClaimId = '1ed866252f80e48f2496acec72a69a5ad85497ac';
-
-SELECT C.ChannelId, C.Comment, C.Timestamp, D.LbryClaimId, D.Time_added
-FROM COMMENT AS C NATURAL JOIN CLAIM AS D;
-
-	 INSERT INTO backups(creation_time, totalcomments, totalclaims, size_kb)
-	 VALUES (]] .. time .. ", " .. com_count .. ", " .. claim_count ..
-
-	SELECT last_insert_rowid();
-
-SELECT _rowid_ FROM CLAIM UNION ALL
-SELECT _rowid_ FROM COMMENT;
-
-INSERT INTO claims (lbry_perm_uri, Time_added) VALUES ('" ..
-	 accouts:escape(claim_uri) .. "', " .. get_unix_time() .. ");"
-
-		 "UPDATE claims SET upvotes = " .. votes ..
-		 " WHERE lbry_perm_uri = '" .. data.lbry_perm_uri .. "';"
-
-
-		 "UPDATE claims SET downvotes = " .. votes ..
-		 " WHERE lbry_perm_uri = '" .. data.lbry_perm_uri .. "';"
-
-	 "SELECT lbry_perm_uri FROM claims WHERE ClaimId = " ..
-
-	 "SELECT * FROM comments WHERE parent_com IS NULL AND ClaimId = " ..
-
-		 "INSERT INTO comments (ClaimId, poster_name, post_time," ..
-		 " message) VALUES (" .. ClaimId .. ", '" .. poster_name ..
-		 "', " .. post_time .. ", '" .. message .. "');"
-
-INSERT INTO comments (ClaimId, poster_name, " ..
-		 "parent_com, post_time, message) VALUES (" .. ClaimId ..
-		 ", '" .. poster_name .. "', " .. parent_id .. ", " ..
-		 post_time .. ", '" .. message .. "');"
-
-	 "SELECT * FROM comments WHERE CommentId = '" .. comment_id .. "';"
-	 "SELECT * FROM comments WHERE parent_com = '" .. comment_id .. "';"
-
-UPDATE comments SET upvotes = " .. votes ..
-		 " WHERE CommentId = '" .. comment_id .. "';"
-
-UPDATE comments SET downvotes = " .. votes ..
-		 " WHERE CommentId = '" .. comment_id .. "';"
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