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  try {

    Database::getConnection('default', 'default')->insert('watchdog')

      ->fields(array(

        'uid' => $log_entry['uid'],

        'type' => drupal_substr($log_entry['type'], 0, 64),

        'message' => $log_entry['message'],

        'variables' => serialize($log_entry['variables']),

        'severity' => $log_entry['severity'],

        'link' => drupal_substr($log_entry['link'], 0, 255),

        'location' => $log_entry['request_uri'],

        'referer' => $log_entry['referer'],

        'hostname' => drupal_substr($log_entry['ip'], 0, 128),

        'timestamp' => $log_entry['timestamp'],

      ))

      ->execute();

  }

  catch (Exception $e) {

    // Exception is ignored so that watchdog does not break pages during the

    // installation process or is not able to create the watchdog table during

    // installation.

  }