diff --git a/check_psqlserver b/check_psqlserver
index 5e2d11b05fe7a59b000239a952277244665a944e..275a17ffd3cd56d7990d4a8270c7258d89d9b298 100755
--- a/check_psqlserver
+++ b/check_psqlserver
@@ -16,8 +16,9 @@
 # ======================================================================
 
 
-. `dirname $0`/inc_pluginfunctions
-_version="0.1"
+. $(dirname $0)/inc_pluginfunctions
+self_APPNAME=$( basename $0 | tr [:lower:] [:upper:] )
+self_APPVERSION=0.1
 
 # --- set HOME
 HOME=/etc/icinga2-passive-client
@@ -26,7 +27,6 @@ HOME=/etc/icinga2-passive-client
 # --- other vars...
 cfgfile=$HOME/.psql.conf
 myuser=icingamonitor
-datafile=/tmp/psqlvars.out
 
 # new line
 NL="
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ function _install(){
     echo "- creating config file $cfgfile ... "
     cat  >$cfgfile <<EOF
 #
-# generated on `date`
+# generated on $(date)
 #
 export PGUSER=${myuser}
 export PGPASSWORD=${mypw}
@@ -95,17 +95,20 @@ EOF
 }
 
 function _usage(){
+    local _self=$( basename $0 )
     cat <<EOH
 ______________________________________________________________________
 
-CHECK POSTGRESQL SERVER :: v${_version}
+${self_APPNAME} :: v${self_APPVERSION}
+
+THIS IS AN PRE ALPHA VERSION - DO NOT USE THIS
 
 (c) Institute for Medical Education - Univerity of Bern
 Licence: GNU GPL 3
 ______________________________________________________________________
 
 USAGE:
-  `basename $0` [OPTIONS] -m METHOD
+  $_self [OPTIONS] -m METHOD
 
 OPTIONS:
   -h  this help
@@ -114,76 +117,29 @@ OPTIONS:
 
 PARAMETERS:
   -m  method; valid methods are:
-      connections     current/ max connections
-      connects        connects per min and aborted connections/ clients
-      commands        current running statements insert, select, ...
-      qcache-blocks   query cache blocks total vs free
-      qcache-queries  cached / non cached queries; low memeory prunes 
-      qcache-hits     query cache efficiency: cached vs non cached and inserted
+      dbstat          first implmenetation test
 
 EXAMPLES:
-  `basename $0` -i
-  `basename $0` -m commands
+  $_self -i
+  $_self -m commands
 
 EOH
 }
 
-function _mysqlreadvars(){
-    mysql -e "SHOW GLOBAL VARIABLES ;" --skip-column-names >$datafile
-    mysql -e "SHOW STATUS ;"           --skip-column-names >>$datafile
-}
-
-function _mysqlgetvar() {
-    local sVarname=$1
-    lastvalue=`grep "^$sVarname[^_a-z]" ${datafile} | awk '{ print $2 }'`
-    echo $lastvalue
-}
-# get a value from mysql status output
-# param  string  variable name
-# param  string  prefix to remove from beginning of variable
-# param  (set)   flag if it is a delta value
-function _mysqlrendervar() {
-    local sVarname=$1
-    local sRemove=$2
-    local sDeltaUnit=$3
-    local sFloat=$4
-
-    # local iValue=`grep "^$sVarname[^_a-z]" ${datafile} | awk '{ print $2 }'`
-    local iValue=`_mysqlgetvar "$sVarname"`
-    if [ "$iValue" = "" ]; then
-            ph.abort "no value for ${sVarname}"
-    fi
-
-    # get label for perfdata
-    local sLabel=`echo ${sVarname} | sed "s#^${sRemove}##g"`
-    if [ ! -z $sDeltaUnit ]; then
-        local iSpeed=` ph.perfdeltaspeed "mysql-${sVarname}" ${iValue} $sDeltaUnit $sFloat`
-        out=$out`printf "%25s: %10s %s \n" "${sLabel}" "${iValue}" "... delta = ${iSpeed} per $sDeltaUnit${NL}"`
-        ph.perfadd "${sLabel}"   "${iSpeed}"
-        lastvalue=$iSpeed
-    else
-        out=${out}`printf "%25s: %10s \n" "${sLabel}" "${iValue}${NL}"`
-        ph.perfadd "${sLabel}" "${iValue}"
-        lastvalue=$iValue
-    fi
-
-}
-
-function _mysqlrenderdelta() {
-    local deltaUnit=$3
-    test -z $deltaUnit && deltaUnit="sec"
-    _mysqlrendervar "$1" "$2" $deltaUnit $4
-}
-
 function renderCounts(){
   local _query="$1"
   local _out=$( psql -c "${_query}")
   # out+=$( echo "DEBUG: _query=${_query}${NL}" )
   # echo "DEBUG: _out="; echo "${_out}"
 
-  typeset -i local _iCounter=0
-  local _header=$( echo "${_out}" | head -1 | tr -d ' ')
-  local _data=$( echo "${_out}" | head -3 | tail -1 | tr -d ' ')
+  local _iCounter=0
+  typeset -i _iCounter
+
+  local _header
+  _header=$( echo "${_out}" | head -1 | tr -d ' ')
+  local _data
+  _data=$( echo "${_out}" | head -3 | tail -1 | tr -d ' ')
+
   # echo "DEBUG: _header=${_header}"
   IFS="|"
   read -ra aCols <<< "$_header"
@@ -201,9 +157,9 @@ function renderCounts(){
 # MAIN
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-bOptInstall=`   ph.hasParamoption "i" "$@"`
-bOptUninstall=` ph.hasParamoption "u" "$@"`
-bOptHelp=`      ph.hasParamoption "h" "$@"`
+bOptInstall=$(   ph.hasParamoption "i" "$@")
+bOptUninstall=$( ph.hasParamoption "u" "$@")
+bOptHelp=$(      ph.hasParamoption "h" "$@")
 
 if [ $bOptHelp -eq 1 -o $# -lt 1 ]; then
     _usage
@@ -249,12 +205,12 @@ fi
 
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-sMode=`ph.getValueWithParam '' m "$@"`
+sMode=$(ph.getValueWithParam '' m "$@")
 
 case "${sMode}" in
 
     "dbstat")
-        descr="stat database"
+        descr="statistics over all databases"
         renderCounts "select \
             sum(xact_commit)   as commit,   \
             sum(xact_rollback) as rollback, \
@@ -266,67 +222,6 @@ case "${sMode}" in
         # psql -c "select * from pg_stat_activity "
         # psql -c "select * from pg_stat_statements " -> av psql v11
         ;;
-    "connections")
-        descr="current/ max connections"
-
-        _mysqlrendervar    max_connections
-        typeset -i iMaxConn=$lastvalue
-
-        _mysqlrendervar    Max_used_connections
-        typeset -i iMaxUsed=$lastvalue
-
-        typeset -i iMaxPercent=$iMaxUsed*100/$iMaxConn
-        out=$out"                                 --> $iMaxPercent % ${NL}${NL}"
-
-        _mysqlrendervar    Threads_connected
-        typeset -i iThreads=$lastvalue
-        typeset -i iUsage=$iThreads*100/$iMaxConn
-        out=$out"                                 --> $iUsage % ${NL}${NL}"
-        if [ $iWarnLimit -gt 0 -a $iCriticalLimit -gt 0 ]; then
-            ph.setStatusByLimit $iUsage $iWarnLimit $iCriticalLimit
-        fi
-        _mysqlrendervar    Questions
-
-        ;;
-
-    "connects")
-        descr="connects per min and aborted connections/ clients"
-        _mysqlrenderdelta  Connections            "" min float
-        _mysqlrenderdelta  Aborted_clients        "" min float
-        _mysqlrenderdelta  Aborted_connects       "" min float
-        ;;
-
-    "commands")
-        descr="currently executed commands"
-        _mysqlrendervar    Com_delete  "Com_"
-        _mysqlrendervar    Com_insert  "Com_"
-        _mysqlrendervar    Com_replace "Com_"
-        _mysqlrendervar    Com_select  "Com_"
-        _mysqlrendervar    Com_update  "Com_"
-        ;;
-
-    "qcache-blocks")
-        descr="query cache blocks"
-        _mysqlgetvar "have_query_cache" | grep "YES" >/dev/null || ph.abort "Query cache is not active"
-        _mysqlrendervar    Qcache_total_blocks "Qcache_"
-        _mysqlrendervar    Qcache_free_blocks  "Qcache_"
-        ;;
-
-    "qcache-queries")
-        descr="query cache data"
-        _mysqlgetvar "have_query_cache" | grep "YES" >/dev/null || ph.abort "Query cache is not active"
-        _mysqlrendervar    Qcache_queries_in_cache  "Qcache_"
-        _mysqlrenderdelta  Qcache_not_cached        "Qcache_"  min  float
-        _mysqlrenderdelta  Qcache_lowmem_prunes     "Qcache_"  min  float
-        ;;
-
-    "qcache-hits")
-        descr="query cache hits"
-        _mysqlgetvar "have_query_cache" | grep "YES" >/dev/null || ph.abort "Query cache is not active"
-        _mysqlrenderdelta  Qcache_hits        "Qcache_"  min
-        _mysqlrenderdelta  Qcache_inserts     "Qcache_"  min
-        _mysqlrenderdelta  Qcache_not_cached  "Qcache_"  min
-        ;;
 
     *)
         echo ERRROR: [${sMode}] is an INVALID mode
@@ -338,7 +233,6 @@ esac
 ph.status "Pgsql $sMode :: $descr"
 echo "$out"
 
-rm -f $datafile
 ph.exit
 
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------