Managed to sort out DBase problem had to set mysql settings manually for character set utf8 & collate utf8_bin
For some reason default kept setting it to latin1_swedish_ci
Still getting this error:
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3:24: SourceMod error session started
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3:24: Info (map "l4d_smalltown01_caves") (file "errors_20130713.log")
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3:24: [l4d_stats.smx] SQL Error: You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '''' at line 1 (Query: "UPDATE players SET points_mutations = points_mutations + 4 WHERE steamid = '= '''")
Also still getting 1 bot added to Top 10 & players online!
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