Index: trunk/ippTools/src/chiptool.c
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--- trunk/ippTools/src/chiptool.c	(revision 25840)
+++ trunk/ippTools/src/chiptool.c	(revision 25851)
@@ -1377,4 +1377,9 @@
   }
 
+  if (!pxExportVersion(config, f)) {
+    psError(PS_ERR_UNKNOWN, false, "failed to write dbversion output file");
+    return false;
+  }
+
   psMetadata *where = psMetadataAlloc();
   PXOPT_COPY_S64(config->args, where, "-chip_id", "chip_id", "==");
@@ -1468,4 +1473,14 @@
     psVector *identifiers = psVectorAllocEmpty(16, PS_TYPE_U64); // Identifiers inserted
 
+    psMetadataIterator *iter = psMetadataIteratorAlloc(input, PS_LIST_HEAD, NULL);       // Iterator
+
+    if (!pxCheckImportVersion(config, input)) {
+        psError(PS_ERR_UNKNOWN, false, "pxCheckImportVersion failed");
+        return false;
+    }
+    // first item is the dbversion, skip it
+    psMetadataItem *dbversion =  psMetadataGetAndIncrement(iter);
+    (void) dbversion;
+
     if (!psDBTransaction(config->dbh)) {
         psError(PS_ERR_UNKNOWN, false, "database error");
@@ -1473,5 +1488,4 @@
     }
 
-    psMetadataIterator *iter = psMetadataIteratorAlloc(input, PS_LIST_HEAD, NULL);       // Iterator
     psMetadataItem *item;               // Item from iteration
     while ((item = psMetadataGetAndIncrement(iter))) {