Index: trunk/ippTools/src/chiptool.c
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--- trunk/ippTools/src/chiptool.c	(revision 23613)
+++ trunk/ippTools/src/chiptool.c	(revision 23614)
@@ -242,6 +242,6 @@
     PXOPT_COPY_STR(config->args,  where, "-state",   "chipRun.state",   "==");
 
-    if (!psListLength(where->list)
-        && !psMetadataLookupBool(NULL, config->args, "-all")) {
+    if (!psListLength(where->list) && 
+	!psMetadataLookupBool(NULL, config->args, "-all")) {
         psFree(where);
         where = NULL;
@@ -542,4 +542,11 @@
     PXOPT_COPY_STR(config->args, where, "-label", "chipRun.label", "LIKE");
     PXOPT_COPY_S32(config->args, where, "-magicked", "chipRun.magicked", "==");
+
+    if (!psListLength(where->list) && 
+	!psMetadataLookupBool(NULL, config->args, "-all")) {
+        psFree(where);
+        psError(PXTOOLS_ERR_DATA, false, "search parameters (or -all) are required");
+        return false;
+    }
 
     psString query = pxDataGet("chiptool_processedimfile.sql");