>I have a db table that has a series of fields like this....
>
>myfile.butn1
>myfile.cap1
>myfile.butn2
>myfile.cap2
>myfile.butn3
>myfile.cap3
>...
>

This is a bad design, split the table into two:

myfile.rowid
myfile.applystowholeset1
myfile.applystowholeset2
...
myfile.applystowholesetN

mybutn.rowid
mybutn.butn
mybutn.cap

Now it is simply to loop through the buttons and you do not have to change the table structure if you change the max number of buttons. Additionally, you will not be allocating space for buttons that are empty.