Index: trunk/ippTools/src/regtool.c
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--- trunk/ippTools/src/regtool.c	(revision 14023)
+++ trunk/ippTools/src/regtool.c	(revision 14024)
@@ -533,5 +533,5 @@
     }
 
-    psString query = pxDataGet("regtool_find_unprocessed_exp.sql");
+    psString query = pxDataGet("regtool_pendingexp.sql");
     if (!query) {
         psError(PXTOOLS_ERR_DATA, false, "failed to retreive SQL statement");
@@ -539,5 +539,32 @@
     }
 
-    if (!p_psDBRunQuery(config->dbh, query, exp_id)) {
+    {
+        // build a query to search by exp_id
+        psMetadata *where = psMetadataAlloc();
+        bool status = false;
+        psString exp_id = psMetadataLookupStr(&status, config->args, "-exp_id");
+        if (!status) {
+            psError(PS_ERR_UNKNOWN, false, "failed to lookup value for -exp_id");
+            psFree(query);
+            return false;
+        }
+        if (exp_id) {
+            if (!psMetadataAddStr(where, PS_LIST_TAIL, "exp_id", 0, "==", exp_id)) {
+                psError(PS_ERR_UNKNOWN, false, "failed to add item exp_id");
+                psFree(where);
+                psFree(query);
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+
+        psString whereClaus = psDBGenerateWhereSQL(where, NULL);
+        psFree(where);
+        if (whereClaus) {
+            psStringAppend(&query, " %s", whereClaus);
+            psFree(whereClaus);
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (!p_psDBRunQuery(config->dbh, query)) {
         psError(PS_ERR_UNKNOWN, false, "database error");
         psFree(query);