diff --git a/Employee.sql b/Employee.sql
index 9be330b..bcc85fd 100644
--- a/Employee.sql
+++ b/Employee.sql
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 CREATE TABLE employee (
   id uuid NOT NULL DEFAULT gen_random_uuid(),
-  employeeid int NOT NULL DEFAULT(0),
+  employeeid character varying(5) NOT NULL DEFAULT(''), -- We think this has been limited to 5 numerical characters by switching to a character instead of an int
   firstname character varying(128) NOT NULL DEFAULT(''),
   lastname character varying(128) NOT NULL DEFAULT(''),
-  password bytea NOT NULL DEFAULT(''),
+  --password bytea NOT NULL DEFAULT(''),  -- original line of code
+  password character varying(256) NOT NULL DEFAULT('a'), -- This reflects table on heroku 2/16/21 3:31pm
   active boolean NOT NULL DEFAULT(FALSE), 
   classification int NOT NULL DEFAULT(0),
   managerid uuid NOT NULL DEFAULT CAST('00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000' AS uuid),
@@ -23,13 +24,36 @@ CREATE INDEX ix_employee_employeeid
   ON employee
   USING btree(employeeid);
 
+-- Adding Three Records to employee table
+INSERT INTO employee (employeeid, firstname, lastname, classification, managerid, password) VALUES (
+    1  -- employeeid (5 characters)
+    , 'Antoni' -- first name
+    , 'Jones' -- last name
+    , 701 -- classification 2 is manager
+    , gen_random_uuid() -- managerid uuid
+    , 'a' -- password as character
+);
+INSERT INTO employee (employeeid, firstname, lastname, classification) VALUES (
+    2  -- employeeid (5 characters)
+    , 'Manny' -- first name
+    , 'Hustler' -- last name
+    , 101 -- classification 1 is cashier
+);
+INSERT INTO employee (employeeid, firstname, lastname, classification, managerid, password) VALUES (
+    3  -- employeeid (5 characters)
+    , 'Russell' -- first name
+    , 'Tover' -- last name
+    , 501 -- classification 1 is shift-manager
+    , gen_random_uuid() -- managerid uuid
+    , 'b' -- password as character
+);
 -----
 CREATE TABLE activeuser (
   id uuid NOT NULL DEFAULT gen_random_uuid(),
   employeeid uuid NOT NULL,
   name character varying(256) NOT NULL DEFAULT(''),
   classification int NOT NULL DEFAULT(0),
-  sessionkey character varying (128) NOT NULL DEFAULT(''),
+  sessionkey character varying(128) NOT NULL DEFAULT(''), -- Removed a space after varying to fix an error
   createdon timestamp without time zone NOT NULL DEFAULT now(),
   CONSTRAINT activeuser_pkey PRIMARY KEY (id)
 ) WITH (
@@ -44,3 +68,4 @@ CREATE INDEX ix_activeuser_sessionkey
   ON activeuser
   USING btree(sessionkey);
 
+-- commit to the same branch
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bd965f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# RegisterApp-DataDefinition
+SQL to create the backing database for the various server-side Register projects.
diff --git a/branchingQuickGuide.TXT b/branchingQuickGuide.TXT
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..546dedc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/branchingQuickGuide.TXT
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+List available branches (Local and remote):  $ git branch -a
+Switch active branch:  $ git checkout <branchName>
+Create new branch and switch to it: $ git checkout -b <branchName>
+Pull specific branch contents to local machine:  $ git pull -u origin <branchName>
+push to specific branch:  $ git push -u origin <branchName>
+delete a branch (locally and remotely):  $ git branch -d <branchName>	$  git push origin :<branchName>
+
+/*	* Without specifying branch for push or pull working branch will be used.
+	* To delete contents of a branch you can simply delete files from your local copy,
+	add the file to list of commits, then push the branch to remote.
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