Graceful Primary Key Error handling in Python/psycopg2

Question

Using Python 2.7 and

In [150]: psycopg2.version Out[150]: \'2.4.2 (dt dec pq3 ext)\'

I have a simple python scripts that processing transaction

Answer 1

You should rollback transaction on error.

I've added one more try..except..else construction in the code bellow to show the exact place where exception will occur.

try:
    cur = conn.cursor()

    try:
        cur.execute("""insert into encounter_id_table (
            encounter_id,current_date  )
            values       
            (%(create_date)s, %(encounter_id)s ) ;""",
            'encounter_id':i.split('~')[1],  
            'create_date': datetime.date.today() })
    except psycopg2.IntegrityError:
        conn.rollback()
    else:
        conn.commit()

    cur.close() 
except Exception , e:
    print 'ERROR:', e[0]