Quick question, ya'll know which is run first in the upgrade routine? The queries.json file or an upgrade.php file if you have one? In my next version, i'll be adding a table in the queries.json file, then hoping to insert an entry in the upgrade.php file. Is that kosher?

queries.json is always run first. See /applications/core/sources/setup/Upgrade.php - step1().

That is what I had imagined. Thanks for the clarification.