Metacat

        } catch (McdbDocNotFoundException e) {

        	// try system metadata only

        	    //this will check if the guid field on the system metadata table has the id

        		if(!idExists) {

        		    //if the guid field of the system metadata table doesn't have the id,

        		    //we will check if the serial_id field of the system metadata table has it

        return exists;

    }

		logMetacat.debug("looking up system metadata for guid " + guid);

		boolean exists = false;

		String query = "select guid from systemmetadata where guid = ?";

        	dbConn.setAutoCommit(false);

	    	// insert the record if needed

    	        insertSystemMetadata(guid, dbConn);

			}

	        // update with the values