Index: trunk/ippTools/src/chiptool.c
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--- trunk/ippTools/src/chiptool.c	(revision 19367)
+++ trunk/ippTools/src/chiptool.c	(revision 19389)
@@ -123,5 +123,7 @@
     PXOPT_COPY_STR(config->args, where, "-label", "rawExp.label", "LIKE");
 
-    if (!psListLength(where->list) && !psMetadataLookupBool(NULL, config->args, "-all")) {
+    // psListLength(where->list) is at least 1 because exp_type defaults to "object"
+    // so we require a list longer than 1 entry
+    if ((psListLength(where->list) <= 1) && !psMetadataLookupBool(NULL, config->args, "-all")) {
         psFree(where);
         psError(PXTOOLS_ERR_DATA, false, "search parameters are required");
@@ -138,5 +140,4 @@
 
     // default
-    PXOPT_COPY_STR(config->args, where, "-exp_type", "exp_type", "==");
     PXOPT_LOOKUP_BOOL(pretend, config->args, "-pretend", false);
     PXOPT_LOOKUP_BOOL(simple, config->args, "-simple", false);
@@ -150,9 +151,8 @@
     }
 
-    if (where && psListLength(where->list)) {
-        psString whereClause = psDBGenerateWhereConditionSQL(where, "rawExp");
-        psStringAppend(&query, " AND %s", whereClause);
-        psFree(whereClause);
-    }
+    psString whereClause = psDBGenerateWhereConditionSQL(where, NULL);
+    psStringAppend(&query, " AND %s", whereClause);
+    
+    psFree(whereClause);
     psFree(where);