diff --git a/db/pdfile.cpp b/db/pdfile.cpp
index 15705147d8c..b8818a32880 100644
--- a/db/pdfile.cpp
+++ b/db/pdfile.cpp
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ void IndexDetails::kill() {
    Keys will be left empty if key not found in the object.
 */
 void IndexDetails::getKeysFromObject(JSObj& obj, set<JSObj>& keys) { 
-	JSObj keyPattern = info.obj().getObjectField("key");
+    JSObj keyPattern = info.obj().getObjectField("key"); // e.g., keyPattern == { ts : 1 } 
 	if( keyPattern.objsize() == 0 ) {
 		cout << keyPattern.toString() << endl;
 		cout << info.obj().toString() << endl;
@@ -640,7 +640,6 @@ void  _indexRecord(IndexDetails& idx, JSObj& obj, DiskLoc newRecordLoc) {
 	for( set<JSObj>::iterator i=keys.begin(); i != keys.end(); i++ ) {
 		assert( !newRecordLoc.isNull() );
 		try {
-//			DEBUGGING << "temp index: " << newRecordLoc.toString() << obj.toString() << endl;
 			idx.head.btree()->insert(idx.head, newRecordLoc,
 				(JSObj&) *i, false, idx, true);
 		}
diff --git a/dbgrid/request.cpp b/dbgrid/request.cpp
index 55399825a38..97cea33dab6 100644
--- a/dbgrid/request.cpp
+++ b/dbgrid/request.cpp
@@ -20,27 +20,26 @@
 #include "../grid/message.h"
 #include "../db/dbmessage.h"
 #include "connpool.h"
-
+
 void writeOp(int op, Message& m, MessagingPort& p) {
-	DbMessage d(m);
+  DbMessage d(m);
+  const char *ns = d.getns();
+
+
+
+  while( d.moreJSObjs() ) {
+    JSObj js = d.nextJsObj();
     const char *ns = d.getns();
+    assert(*ns);
+    //
+    //		setClient(ns);
+    //		ss << ns;
+    //		theDataFileMgr.insert(ns, (void*) js.objdata(), js.objsize());
+    //		logOp("i", ns, js);
+  }
+}
 
-
-
-	while( d.moreJSObjs() ) {
-		JSObj js = d.nextJsObj();
-		const char *ns = d.getns();
-		assert(*ns);
-//
-//		setClient(ns);
-//		ss << ns;
-//		theDataFileMgr.insert(ns, (void*) js.objdata(), js.objsize());
-//		logOp("i", ns, js);
-	}
-
-}
-
-void processRequest(Message& m, MessagingPort& p) {
-    int op = m.data->operation();
-    writeOp(op, m, p);
-}
+void processRequest(Message& m, MessagingPort& p) {
+    int op = m.data->operation();
+    writeOp(op, m, p);
+}