I could write all of the amendments to a changes.txt file, and make sure that the script reads and updates all of those modifications in the db before making any changes of its own. It doesn't necessarily need to be updated in real time.
Does that sound good? Can anyone foresee any problems with that?
Compared to reloading 80 lines of a text file this will hardly be worth it. If you're worried about the efficiency of this design the easiest thing you should do is switch to a more advanced database system anyway.
