id,summary,reporter,owner,description,type,status,priority,milestone,component,resolution,keywords,cc,parents 5324,Sql alchemy doesn't handle broken databases,anongoblin,,"My ```./bin/gmg dbupdate``` command went bad, and thus broke the instance. When trying to execute a new dbupdate, I've come across this: {{{ #!python -> Updating main mediagoblin tables: + Running migration 24, ""activity_migration""... Traceback (most recent call last): File ""./bin/gmg"", line 9, in load_entry_point('mediagoblin==0.8.0', 'console_scripts', 'gmg')() File ""/srv/biblioteca/biblioteca.pirata.xyz/mediagoblin/gmg_commands/__init__.py"", line 142, in main_cli args.func(args) File ""/srv/biblioteca/biblioteca.pirata.xyz/mediagoblin/gmg_commands/dbupdate.py"", line 160, in dbupdate run_dbupdate(app_config, global_config) File ""/srv/biblioteca/biblioteca.pirata.xyz/mediagoblin/gmg_commands/dbupdate.py"", line 128, in run_dbupdate run_all_migrations(db, app_config, global_config) File ""/srv/biblioteca/biblioteca.pirata.xyz/mediagoblin/gmg_commands/dbupdate.py"", line 155, in run_all_migrations migration_manager.init_or_migrate() File ""/srv/biblioteca/biblioteca.pirata.xyz/mediagoblin/db/migration_tools.py"", line 288, in init_or_migrate migration_func(self.session) File ""/srv/biblioteca/biblioteca.pirata.xyz/mediagoblin/db/migrations.py"", line 944, in activity_migration ActivityIntermediator_R0.__table__.create(db.bind) File ""/srv/biblioteca/biblioteca.pirata.xyz/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/SQLAlchemy-0.8.7-py2.7-linux-x86_64.egg/sqlalchemy/schema.py"", line 616, in create checkfirst=checkfirst) File ""/srv/biblioteca/biblioteca.pirata.xyz/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/SQLAlchemy-0.8.7-py2.7-linux-x86_64.egg/sqlalchemy/engine/base.py"", line 1479, in _run_visitor conn._run_visitor(visitorcallable, element, **kwargs) File ""/srv/biblioteca/biblioteca.pirata.xyz/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/SQLAlchemy-0.8.7-py2.7-linux-x86_64.egg/sqlalchemy/engine/base.py"", line 1122, in _run_visitor **kwargs).traverse_single(element) File ""/srv/biblioteca/biblioteca.pirata.xyz/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/SQLAlchemy-0.8.7-py2.7-linux-x86_64.egg/sqlalchemy/sql/visitors.py"", line 122, in traverse_single return meth(obj, **kw) File ""/srv/biblioteca/biblioteca.pirata.xyz/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/SQLAlchemy-0.8.7-py2.7-linux-x86_64.egg/sqlalchemy/engine/ddl.py"", line 89, in visit_table self.connection.execute(schema.CreateTable(table)) File ""/srv/biblioteca/biblioteca.pirata.xyz/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/SQLAlchemy-0.8.7-py2.7-linux-x86_64.egg/sqlalchemy/engine/base.py"", line 662, in execute params) File ""/srv/biblioteca/biblioteca.pirata.xyz/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/SQLAlchemy-0.8.7-py2.7-linux-x86_64.egg/sqlalchemy/engine/base.py"", line 720, in _execute_ddl compiled File ""/srv/biblioteca/biblioteca.pirata.xyz/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/SQLAlchemy-0.8.7-py2.7-linux-x86_64.egg/sqlalchemy/engine/base.py"", line 874, in _execute_context context) File ""/srv/biblioteca/biblioteca.pirata.xyz/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/SQLAlchemy-0.8.7-py2.7-linux-x86_64.egg/sqlalchemy/engine/base.py"", line 1024, in _handle_dbapi_exception exc_info File ""/srv/biblioteca/biblioteca.pirata.xyz/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/SQLAlchemy-0.8.7-py2.7-linux-x86_64.egg/sqlalchemy/util/compat.py"", line 196, in raise_from_cause reraise(type(exception), exception, tb=exc_tb) File ""/srv/biblioteca/biblioteca.pirata.xyz/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/SQLAlchemy-0.8.7-py2.7-linux-x86_64.egg/sqlalchemy/engine/base.py"", line 867, in _execute_context context) File ""/srv/biblioteca/biblioteca.pirata.xyz/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/SQLAlchemy-0.8.7-py2.7-linux-x86_64.egg/sqlalchemy/engine/default.py"", line 324, in do_execute cursor.execute(statement, parameters) sqlalchemy.exc.ProgrammingError: (ProgrammingError) relation ""core__activity_intermediators"" already exists '\nCREATE TABLE core__activity_intermediators (\n\tid SERIAL NOT NULL, \n\ttype VARCHAR NOT NULL, \n\tPRIMARY KEY (id)\n)\n\n' {} }}} I suppose the SQL statment from sqlalchemy should have a ""IF_NOT_EXISTS"" right after the ""CREATE TABLE"", but it doesn't. My db remains broken, and thus the instance.",enhancement,closed,minor,,programming,no-action,,,