def _insert_entity_to_package_version_table(package, version, python2, python3, downloads, upload_time):
    # TODO: issue with python azure storage.  Version can't have '~' in it. https://github.com/Azure/azure-storage-python/issues/76
    package_sanitized = urllib.parse.quote_plus(package)
    version_sanitized = urllib.parse.quote_plus(version)

    try:
        result =  table_service.insert_or_replace_entity(config.PACKAGE_VERSION_DATA_TABLENAME, package_sanitized, version_sanitized,
                                    {'PartitionKey' : package_sanitized,
                                     'RowKey': version_sanitized, 
                                     'Python2': python2, 
                                     'Python3': python3,
                                     'Downloads': downloads,
                                     'UploadTime': upload_time})

        return result
    except Exception as e:
        logger.error("Failed to insert Package:{} Version:{} Python2:{} Python3:{} Downloads:{} UploadTime:{} Exception:{}".format(
            package, version, python2, python3, downloads, upload_time, traceback.format_exc()))
        raise e