IPhoto 4.0.3 Also hangs with the spinning wheel

I am having the same problem as several of the other folks. iPhoto can't find the library - I have tried all the suggestions to date to no avail. I have restarted iPhoto holding the option+shift key and it created the library but now the wheel is spinning and the dialogue box says "Repairing Photo Library" but nothing is happening for the past ten minutes. iPhoto was working Sunday morning and then Sunday evening it just quit.
Separate question: Will upgrading to iPhoto 5.0 take care of the problem?

Eric:
If you start from scratch and reimport all of your photos you should not get the SWOD. First, create a new library and see if you can open it, even without any photos. If not, then it's not the library but the application or conflict with your current setup. If that's the case, log into another account on your Mac and see if you can run iPhoto from there. If it runs OK then you've narrowed it down to conflict with your account (see Troubleshooting below). If it doesn't then I would reinstall the latest combo system updater for your system followed by a repair of disk permissions. If still no go, reinstall iPhoto from the disks they came on, update to 4.0.3 and repair disk permissions again. To reinstall iPhoto you'll have to first delete the current application and all files with iPhoto in the file name that reside in the HD/Library/Receips folder.
Trouble Shooting Preferences
Go to HD/Users/Your_name/Library. Move the Prefs folder (in its entirety) to the desktop. Start iPhoto. Determine if problem is fixed.
If the problem IS fixed, then go to the new Prefs folder that the OS will have created and open it up. Except for those items that are obviously not related, move the contents to the old Prefs folder on the desktop, replacing what had been there. When in doubt, move the item. The worst thing that can happen is a harmless "alert" message. Then, trash what remains of the new folder. Finally, move the old (but modified) Prefs folder back to the library.
If the problem is NOT fixed, trash the new Prefs folder and move the old one back to its original location.
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