diff --git a/mergeScript.py b/mergeScript.py
index 92fb626..17a05af 100644
--- a/mergeScript.py
+++ b/mergeScript.py
@@ -49,15 +49,31 @@ def getTableNames():
 # Gets the column names of a table
 #
 # @param dbName the name of the database file (i.e. "example.db")
-# @return a string array of the table names and their respective column names
+# @return a string array of the column names - strips primary ids  
 def getColumnNames( tableName ):
     curs.execute("PRAGMA table_info(%s);" % str(tableName))
     temp = curs.fetchall()
     columns = []
     for i in range(0, len(temp)):
-        columns.append(temp[i][1])
+        if ((("id" in temp[i][1]) | ("ID" in temp[i][1])) & ("INTEGER" in temp[i][2])):
+            continue
+        else:
+            columns.append(temp[i][1])
     return columns
-    
+
+# Compares two lists to see if they have identical data
+#
+# @param list1 the first list parameter for comparison
+# @param list2 the second list parameter for comparison
+# @return will return a boolean (0 if lists are not the same, 1 if lists are the same)     
+def compareLists(list1, list2):
+    if len(list1) != len(list2):
+        return 0
+    else:
+        for i in range(0, len(list1)):
+            if list1[i] != list2[i]:
+                return 0
+    return 1
 
 ############################## Merge Script ####################################
 ################################################################################