--- a/pylearn/dbdict/newstuff.py	Fri Jan 16 15:53:47 2009 -0500
+++ b/pylearn/dbdict/newstuff.py	Fri Jan 16 16:27:44 2009 -0500
@@ -694,10 +694,7 @@
         table_prefix = tablename)
 
     state = parse(*strings)
-    try:
-        resolve(experiment)
-    except:
-        raise UsageError('The first parameter to sqlschedule must be a valid, importable symbol.')
+    resolve(experiment) # we try to load the function associated to the experiment
     state['dbdict.experiment'] = experiment
     sql.add_experiments_to_db([state], db, verbose = 1, add_dups = options.force)
 
@@ -740,10 +737,7 @@
                 _state.update(parse(*map(str.strip, f.readlines())))
     state = _state
 
-    try:
-        resolve(experiment)
-    except:
-        raise UsageError('The first parameter to sqlschedule_filemerge must be a valid, importable symbol.')
+    resolve(experiment) # we try to load the function associated to the experiment
     state['dbdict.experiment'] = experiment
     sql.add_experiments_to_db([state], db, verbose = 1, add_dups = options.force)