import psycopg2 import db # This controls how many new jobs get inserted by insert_new_jobs function how_many = 100 def insert_new_jobs(cursor): """ insert_new_jobs(cursor) -> None This inserts 100 new jobs into jobs job queue table. """ cursor.execute("BEGIN TRANSACTION") for i in range(how_many): cursor.execute("INSERT INTO jobs(status) VALUES ('REQUESTED')") cursor.execute("COMMIT TRANSACTION") connection = db.connect_db() cursor = connection.cursor() insert_new_jobs(cursor) connection.close()