Interim update ...... our quite new member
morintp - I owe him a debt of gratitude!
He volunteered to recode the page such that future edits would be a breeze - to which end he wrote a very effective editing page for me.
We are all but done - (poor guy has had two very long phone sessions with me - patience was outanding) and I just need to work out some SQL permissions finally to make the new page go live. It should look all but the same in fact.
For a bit longer it'll be the old page - but I have to convey mega thanks to this guy - he has been so helpful.
I'll mention once we are changed over.