SQL errors when setting what attributes to have for a product.

Configuring attributes, and previewing the final settings produces:

Warning: Table 'watchdog' was not locked with LOCK TABLES query: INSERT INTO watchdog (uid, type, message, severity, link, location, referer, hostname, timestamp) VALUES (1, 'php', '<em>Duplicate entry &amp;#039;subproducts_ec_live_subproducts_tangible_default&amp;#039; for key 1\nquery: INSERT INTO variable (name, value) VALUES (&amp;#039;subproducts_ec_live_subproducts_tangible_defaults&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;a:2:{i:2;a:2:{i:2;a:2:{s:3:\\&amp;quot;use\\&amp;quot;;s:1:\\&amp;quot;1\\&amp;quot;;s:5:\\&amp;quot;stock\\&amp;quot;;s:1:\\&amp;quot;0\\&amp;quot;;}i:1;a:1:{s:5:\\&amp;quot;stock\\&amp;quot;;s:1:\\&amp;quot;0\\&amp;quot;;}}i:1;a:2:{i:3;a:2:{s:3:\\&amp;quot;use\\&amp;quot;;s:1:\\&amp;quot;1\\&amp;quot;;s:5:\\&amp;quot;stock\\&amp;quot;;s:1:\\&amp;quot;0\\&amp;quot;;}i:4;a:2:{s:3:\\&amp;quot;use\\&amp;quot;;s:1:\\&amp;quot;1\\&amp;quot;;s:5:\\&amp;quot;stock\\& in /var/www/html/drupal-5.0/includes/database.mysql.inc on line 172

fllowed by an error message:

user warning: Duplicate entry 'subproducts_ec_live_subproducts_tangible_default' for key 1 query: INSERT INTO variable (name, value) VALUES ('subproducts_ec_live_subproducts_tangible_defaults', 'a:2:{i:2;a:2:{i:2;a:2:{s:3:\"use\";s:1:\"1\";s:5:\"stock\";s:1:\"0\";}i:1;a:1:{s:5:\"stock\";s:1:\"0\";}}i:1;a:2:{i:3;a:2:{s:3:\"use\";s:1:\"1\";s:5:\"stock\";s:1:\"0\";}i:4;a:2:{s:3:\"use\";s:1:\"1\";s:5:\"stock\";s:1:\"0\";}}}') in /var/www/html/drupal-5.0/includes/database.mysql.inc on line 172.

the data is going in to the dbase (the first time) but the sequence is not increasing.