Index: trunk/glueforge/templates/psdb/createtable.tt
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--- trunk/glueforge/templates/psdb/createtable.tt	(revision 4337)
+++ trunk/glueforge/templates/psdb/createtable.tt	(revision 4341)
@@ -26,10 +26,12 @@
     if (!psMetadataAdd(md, PS_LIST_TAIL, "[% item.name %]", PS_META_BOOL, [% item.comment %], [% item.value %])) {
 [% END -%]
-        // psError(); something bad happened
+        psError(PS_ERR_UNKNOWN, false, "failed to add item [% item.name %]");
         psFree(md);
         return false;
     }
 [% END -%]
+
     status = psDBCreateTable(dbh, [% namespace FILTER upper %]_TABLE_NAME, md);
+
     psFree(md);