Index: branches/eam_branches/ipp-20140206/pstamp/scripts/pstamp_insert_request.pl
===================================================================
--- branches/eam_branches/ipp-20140206/pstamp/scripts/pstamp_insert_request.pl	(revision 36536)
+++ branches/eam_branches/ipp-20140206/pstamp/scripts/pstamp_insert_request.pl	(revision 36627)
@@ -45,4 +45,5 @@
 my $pstamptool = can_run('pstamptool')  or (warn "Can't find pstamptool"  and $missing_tools = 1);
 my $fields = can_run('fields')  or (warn "Can't find fields"  and $missing_tools = 1);
+my $fhead = can_run('fhead')  or (warn "Can't find fhead"  and $missing_tools = 1);
 
 if ($missing_tools) {
@@ -56,22 +57,62 @@
     # Note that if it's a pstamp request then REQ_NAME should be defined.
     # if it's a detectability query it will not have a REQ_NAME but will have a QUERY_ID
-    my $command = "echo $tmp_req_file | $fields -x 0 EXTNAME EXTVER REQ_NAME QUERY_ID";
+    # my $command = "echo $tmp_req_file | $fields -x 0 EXTNAME EXTVER REQ_NAME QUERY_ID";
+    my $command = "$fhead -x 0 $tmp_req_file";
     my ( $success, $error_code, $full_buf, $stdout_buf, $stderr_buf ) =
         run(command => $command, verbose => $verbose);
-if (0) {
-    # stoopid fields doesn't set exit status to zero when it works
     unless ($success) {
         print STDERR @$stderr_buf;
         exit $error_code >> 8;
     }
-}
     my $output = join "", @$stdout_buf;
-    (undef, $extname, $extver, $req_name) = split " ", $output;
+
+
+    my $makehash = 0;
+    my %hash;
+    foreach my $line (split "\n", $output) {
+        chomp $line;
+        # split lines inte left and right using equals sign. left is the keyword
+        my ($key, $right) = split "=", $line;
+            # skip if there was no '='
+        next if !$right;
+
+        $key =~ s/ //g;
+
+        # separate value from comment
+        my ($value, $comment) = split "/", $right;
+        # remove ' and space characters from key and value
+        $value =~ s/'//g;
+        $value =~ s/ //g;
+
+        #    print "$key $value\n";
+
+        # extract the values that we are looking for
+        $extname  = $value if ($key eq "EXTNAME");
+        $extver   = $value if ($key eq "EXTVER");
+        $req_name = $value if ($key eq "REQ_NAME");
+        $req_name = $value if ($key eq "QUERY_ID");
+
+        # optionally build hash. Duplicate keys get the last value seen
+        if ($makehash) {
+            $hash{$key} = $value;
+        }
+    }
+
+    # (undef, $extname, $extver, $req_name) = split " ", $output;
+
     if (!$extname or ! (($extname eq "PS1_PS_REQUEST") or ($extname eq "MOPS_DETECTABILITY_QUERY"))) {
         print STDERR "invalid request file\n";
+        print "invalid request file\n";
         exit $PS_EXIT_DATA_ERROR;
     }
+
     if (!defined $req_name) {
         print STDERR "invalid request file no REQ_NAME or QUERY_ID\n";
+        print "invalid request file no REQ_NAME or QUERY_ID\n";
+        exit $PS_EXIT_DATA_ERROR;
+    }
+    if (!defined $extver) {
+        print STDERR "invalid request file no EXTVER found\n";
+        print "invalid request file no EXTVER found\n";
         exit $PS_EXIT_DATA_ERROR;
     }
@@ -119,4 +160,5 @@
 
 exit 0;
+
 # Ask the database for the next web request number
 sub get_webreq_num
Index: branches/eam_branches/ipp-20140206/pstamp/scripts/pstampparse.pl
===================================================================
--- branches/eam_branches/ipp-20140206/pstamp/scripts/pstampparse.pl	(revision 36536)
+++ branches/eam_branches/ipp-20140206/pstamp/scripts/pstampparse.pl	(revision 36627)
@@ -243,5 +243,7 @@
 my $watch_for_big_requests = (!($label =~ /BIG/) and ($label =~ /PSI/ or $label =~ /WEB/));
 
-my $big_limit = 100;    # XXX: this should be in a configuration file somewhere not hard coded
+# XXX: these should be in a configuration file somewhere not hard coded
+my $big_limit = 100;
+my $job_big_limit = 400;
 
 if ($watch_for_big_requests and $nRows > $big_limit) {
@@ -267,5 +269,5 @@
 
     # see whether number of jobs limit for high priority request was exceeded
-    if ($watch_for_big_requests and $num_jobs > $big_limit) {
+    if ($watch_for_big_requests and $num_jobs > $job_big_limit) {
         $label = change_to_lower_priority_label($label);
         $watch_for_big_requests = 0;
@@ -311,4 +313,5 @@
     my $rownum   = $row->{ROWNUM};
     if (!validID($rownum)) {
+	$rownum = 'NULL' if !defined $rownum;
         print STDERR "$rownum is not a valid ROWNUM\n";
         insertFakeJobForRow($row, 1, $PSTAMP_INVALID_REQUEST);
@@ -316,5 +319,6 @@
     }
     my $job_type = $row->{JOB_TYPE};
-    if (($job_type ne "stamp") and ($job_type ne "get_image")) {
+    if (!defined $job_type || (($job_type ne "stamp") and ($job_type ne "get_image"))) {
+    	$job_type = 'NULL' if !defined $job_type;
         print STDERR "$job_type is not a valid JOB_TYPE\n";
         insertFakeJobForRow($row, 1, $PSTAMP_INVALID_REQUEST);
@@ -325,4 +329,5 @@
     if (($req_type ne "byid") and ($req_type ne "bycoord") and ($req_type ne "byexp") and
         ($req_type ne "byskycell") and ($req_type ne "bydiff")) {
+	$req_type = 'NULL' if !defined $req_type;
         print STDERR "$req_type is not a valid REQ_TYPE\n";
         insertFakeJobForRow($row, 1, $PSTAMP_INVALID_REQUEST);