Inserting specific data and ignoring the rest.

[JazzleBug]

I'm trying to clean up my database. Ultimately, what I'd like to do is install clean software with a clean database, resinstall only the hacks I desperately need (which happen to have quite a bit of extra data to be imported), insert the necessary data, and end up with no orphaned tables or unused data.

More specifically where the database is concerned, after all of my hacks are installed on the clean software (complete with database modifications), I need to insert only the data that will fit into the new tables and simply ignore anything left over (unused/orphaned data/tables).

Further explaination needed? FYI, I use SSH primarily due to the large community size.

Please, if anyone can offer any guidance on this, I'd be more than appreciative. I've been banging my head on my desk for the past day and a half trying to work this out.