[Xrystal]

Even if you want to access the bnid as a string it is still technically a table element.


EG.

tblName = {}
tblName.VarString is the same as tblName["VarString"]
tblName.subTblName = {}
tblName.subTblName.AnotherString 
is the same as tblName.subTblName["AnotherString"] 
and the same as tblName["subTblName"].AnotherString 
and the same as tblName["subTblName]["AnotherString"]  
As I found out myself recently while playing with tables :D

These can also be initialised straight off the bat as :

tblName = {
  VarString = "...."
  subTblName = {
    AnotherString = "---"
  }
}

In both situations each table of data has to be initialised before it can be used.