Fact #2) Direct import to the Links table from MySQLMan without category, cumbersome as it may be, does work, and it can append new records without overwriting existing records.
Fact #3) Simultaneous addition of links with category can be accomplished via db.cgi so long as I pass all the required variables from my script along with CatLinks.CategoryID=n.
What I will probably end up doing is writing my own script to merge categorized entries through db.cgi and another for noncategorized entries through MySQLMan/Links/Import, unless I do define a default category and send it all through db.cgi but that brings up one more question.
Let's say I create a default category and call it Unassigned. Building this category will take a great deal of time and consume a great deal of space. When I build, is there a way to instruct Links to omit building this one category? This would solve a great deal of my problems.
Mark Brasche
http://SurfSafely.com/