From: Tony Mack <tmack@cs.princeton.edu>
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 18:14:24 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: The 'IF EXISTS' postgres table create option only works for postgres >= 8.2. Now... 
X-Git-Tag: sfa-0.9-0@14641~628
X-Git-Url: http://git.onelab.eu/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=7a5b651da979dffe84ae7112d5437e13f4addb22;p=sfa.git

The 'IF EXISTS' postgres table create option only works for postgres >= 8.2. Now support older versions
---

diff --git a/geni/util/genitable.py b/geni/util/genitable.py
index 53b69c61..36d40e97 100644
--- a/geni/util/genitable.py
+++ b/geni/util/genitable.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 import report
 
-from pg import DB
+from pg import DB, ProgrammingError
 from gid import *
 from record import *
 
@@ -44,7 +44,15 @@ class GeniTable():
                 type text, \
                 pointer integer);"
 
-        self.cnx.query('DROP TABLE IF EXISTS ' + self.tablename)
+        # IF EXISTS doenst exist in postgres < 8.2
+        try:
+            self.cnx.query('DROP TABLE IF EXISTS ' + self.tablename)
+        except ProgrammingError:
+            try:
+                self.cnx.query('DROP TABLE ' + self.tablename)
+            except ProgrammingError:
+                pass
+        
         self.cnx.query(querystr)
 
     def remove(self, record):