local db_mt = { __index = function(db, key)
  if key == "char" then
    if db.charName then
      if type(_G[db.charName]) ~= "table" then
        _G[db.charName] = {}
      end
--   if type(_G[db.charName].raw) ~= "table" then -- <<<< not .raw
      if type(_G[db.charName].global) ~= "table" then -- <<<< correct .global
      _G[db.charName].global = {}
    end
    rawset(db, 'char', _G[db.charName].global)