# Buggy code
def update(self, vevent, account, href="", etag="", status=OK):
    """insert a new or update an existing card in the db

    This is mostly a wrapper around two SQL statements, doing some cleanup
    before.

    :param vcard: vcard to be inserted or updated
    :type vcard: unicode
    :param href: href of the card on the server, if this href already
                 exists in the db the card gets updated. If no href is
                 given, a random href is chosen and it is implied that this
                 card does not yet exist on the server, but will be
                 uploaded there on next sync.
    :type href: str()
    :param etag: the etga of the vcard, if this etag does not match the
                 remote etag on next sync, this card will be updated from
                 the server. For locally created vcards this should not be
                 set
    :type etag: str()
    :param status: status of the vcard
                   * OK: card is in sync with remote server
                   * NEW: card is not yet on the server, this needs to be
                          set for locally created vcards
                   * CHANGED: card locally changed, will be updated on the
                              server on next sync (if remote card has not
                              changed since last sync)
                   * DELETED: card locally delete, will also be deleted on
                              one the server on next sync (if remote card
                              has not changed)
    :type status: one of backend.OK, backend.NEW, backend.CHANGED,
                  backend.DELETED


    """
    if not isinstance(vevent, icalendar.cal.Event):
        ical = icalendar.Event.from_ical(vevent)
        for component in ical.walk():
            if component.name == "VEVENT":
                vevent = component
    all_day_event = False
    if href == "" or href is None:
        href = get_random_href()
    if "VALUE" in vevent["DTSTART"].params:
        if vevent["DTSTART"].params["VALUE"] == "DATE":
            all_day_event = True

    dtstart = vevent["DTSTART"].dt

    if "RRULE" in vevent.keys():
        rrulestr = vevent["RRULE"].to_ical()
        rrule = dateutil.rrule.rrulestr(rrulestr, dtstart=dtstart)
        today = datetime.datetime.today()
        if hasattr(dtstart, "tzinfo") and dtstart.tzinfo is not None:
            # would be better to check if self is all day event
            today = self.conf.default.default_timezone.localize(today)
        rrule._until = today + datetime.timedelta(days=15 * 365)
        logging.debug(
            "calculating recurrence dates for {0}, this might take some time.".format(
                href
            )
        )
        dtstartl = list(rrule)
        if len(dtstartl) == 0:
            raise UpdateFailed(
                "Unsupported recursion rule for event {0}:\n{1}".format(
                    href, vevent.to_ical()
                )
            )

        if "DURATION" in vevent.keys():
            duration = vevent["DURATION"].dt
        else:
            duration = vevent["DTEND"].dt - vevent["DTSTART"].dt
        dtstartend = [(start, start + duration) for start in dtstartl]
    else:
        if "DTEND" in vevent.keys():
            dtend = vevent["DTEND"].dt
        else:
            dtend = vevent["DTSTART"].dt + vevent["DURATION"].dt
        dtstartend = [(dtstart, dtend)]

    for dbname in [account + "_d", account + "_dt"]:
        sql_s = "DELETE FROM {0} WHERE href == ?".format(dbname)
        self.sql_ex(sql_s, (href,), commit=False)

    for dtstart, dtend in dtstartend:
        if all_day_event:
            dbstart = dtstart.strftime("%Y%m%d")
            dbend = dtend.strftime("%Y%m%d")
            dbname = account + "_d"
        else:
            # TODO: extract strange (aka non Olson) TZs from params['TZID']
            # perhaps better done in model/vevent
            if dtstart.tzinfo is None:
                dtstart = self.conf.default.default_timezone.localize(dtstart)
            if dtend.tzinfo is None:
                dtend = self.conf.default.default_timezone.localize(dtend)

            dtstart_utc = dtstart.astimezone(pytz.UTC)
            dtend_utc = dtend.astimezone(pytz.UTC)
            dbstart = calendar.timegm(dtstart_utc.timetuple())
            dbend = calendar.timegm(dtend_utc.timetuple())
            dbname = account + "_dt"

        sql_s = "INSERT INTO {0} (dtstart, dtend, href) VALUES (?, ?, ?);".format(
            dbname
        )
        stuple = (dbstart, dbend, href)
        self.sql_ex(sql_s, stuple, commit=False)

    sql_s = (
        "INSERT OR REPLACE INTO {0} "
        "(status, vevent, etag, href) "
        "VALUES (?, ?, ?, "
        "COALESCE((SELECT href FROM {0} WHERE href = ?), ?)"
        ");".format(account + "_m")
    )

    stuple = (status, vevent.to_ical().decode("utf-8"), etag, href, href)
    self.sql_ex(sql_s, stuple, commit=False)
    self.conn.commit()


# Traceback (sqlite3.OperationalError)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/catern/src/khal/virt/bin/khal", line 5, in <module>
pkg_resources.run_script('khal==0.1.0.dev', 'khal')
File "/home/catern/src/khal/virt/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 540, in run_script
self.require(requires)[0].run_script(script_name, ns)
File "/home/catern/src/khal/virt/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 1462, in run_script
exec_(script_code, namespace, namespace)
File "/home/catern/src/khal/virt/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 41, in exec_
exec("""exec code in globs, locs""")
File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
File "/home/catern/src/khal/virt/lib/python2.7/site-packages/khal-0.1.0.dev-py2.7.egg/EGG-INFO/scripts/khal", line 72, in <module>

File "build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/khal/controllers.py", line 178, in __init__
File "build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/khal/backend.py", line 440, in get_allday_range
File "build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/khal/backend.py", line 164, in sql_ex
sqlite3.OperationalError: no such table: simple_d

# Fixed code
def update(self, vevent, account, href="", etag="", status=OK):
    """insert a new or update an existing card in the db

    This is mostly a wrapper around two SQL statements, doing some cleanup
    before.

    :param vcard: vcard to be inserted or updated
    :type vcard: unicode
    :param href: href of the card on the server, if this href already
                 exists in the db the card gets updated. If no href is
                 given, a random href is chosen and it is implied that this
                 card does not yet exist on the server, but will be
                 uploaded there on next sync.
    :type href: str()
    :param etag: the etga of the vcard, if this etag does not match the
                 remote etag on next sync, this card will be updated from
                 the server. For locally created vcards this should not be
                 set
    :type etag: str()
    :param status: status of the vcard
                   * OK: card is in sync with remote server
                   * NEW: card is not yet on the server, this needs to be
                          set for locally created vcards
                   * CHANGED: card locally changed, will be updated on the
                              server on next sync (if remote card has not
                              changed since last sync)
                   * DELETED: card locally delete, will also be deleted on
                              one the server on next sync (if remote card
                              has not changed)
    :type status: one of backend.OK, backend.NEW, backend.CHANGED,
                  backend.DELETED


    """
    self._check_account(account)
    if not isinstance(vevent, icalendar.cal.Event):
        ical = icalendar.Event.from_ical(vevent)
        for component in ical.walk():
            if component.name == "VEVENT":
                vevent = component
    all_day_event = False
    if href == "" or href is None:
        href = get_random_href()
    if "VALUE" in vevent["DTSTART"].params:
        if vevent["DTSTART"].params["VALUE"] == "DATE":
            all_day_event = True

    dtstart = vevent["DTSTART"].dt

    if "RRULE" in vevent.keys():
        rrulestr = vevent["RRULE"].to_ical()
        rrule = dateutil.rrule.rrulestr(rrulestr, dtstart=dtstart)
        today = datetime.datetime.today()
        if hasattr(dtstart, "tzinfo") and dtstart.tzinfo is not None:
            # would be better to check if self is all day event
            today = self.conf.default.default_timezone.localize(today)
        rrule._until = today + datetime.timedelta(days=15 * 365)
        logging.debug(
            "calculating recurrence dates for {0}, this might take some time.".format(
                href
            )
        )
        dtstartl = list(rrule)
        if len(dtstartl) == 0:
            raise UpdateFailed(
                "Unsupported recursion rule for event {0}:\n{1}".format(
                    href, vevent.to_ical()
                )
            )

        if "DURATION" in vevent.keys():
            duration = vevent["DURATION"].dt
        else:
            duration = vevent["DTEND"].dt - vevent["DTSTART"].dt
        dtstartend = [(start, start + duration) for start in dtstartl]
    else:
        if "DTEND" in vevent.keys():
            dtend = vevent["DTEND"].dt
        else:
            dtend = vevent["DTSTART"].dt + vevent["DURATION"].dt
        dtstartend = [(dtstart, dtend)]

    for dbname in [account + "_d", account + "_dt"]:
        sql_s = "DELETE FROM {0} WHERE href == ?".format(dbname)
        self.sql_ex(sql_s, (href,), commit=False)

    for dtstart, dtend in dtstartend:
        if all_day_event:
            dbstart = dtstart.strftime("%Y%m%d")
            dbend = dtend.strftime("%Y%m%d")
            dbname = account + "_d"
        else:
            # TODO: extract strange (aka non Olson) TZs from params['TZID']
            # perhaps better done in model/vevent
            if dtstart.tzinfo is None:
                dtstart = self.conf.default.default_timezone.localize(dtstart)
            if dtend.tzinfo is None:
                dtend = self.conf.default.default_timezone.localize(dtend)

            dtstart_utc = dtstart.astimezone(pytz.UTC)
            dtend_utc = dtend.astimezone(pytz.UTC)
            dbstart = calendar.timegm(dtstart_utc.timetuple())
            dbend = calendar.timegm(dtend_utc.timetuple())
            dbname = account + "_dt"

        sql_s = "INSERT INTO {0} (dtstart, dtend, href) VALUES (?, ?, ?);".format(
            dbname
        )
        stuple = (dbstart, dbend, href)
        self.sql_ex(sql_s, stuple, commit=False)

    sql_s = (
        "INSERT OR REPLACE INTO {0} "
        "(status, vevent, etag, href) "
        "VALUES (?, ?, ?, "
        "COALESCE((SELECT href FROM {0} WHERE href = ?), ?)"
        ");".format(account + "_m")
    )

    stuple = (status, vevent.to_ical().decode("utf-8"), etag, href, href)
    self.sql_ex(sql_s, stuple, commit=False)
    self.conn.commit()