Index: /branches/eam_branches/ipp-20100621/Ohana/src/dvomerge/src/dvo_image_merge_dbs.c
===================================================================
--- /branches/eam_branches/ipp-20100621/Ohana/src/dvomerge/src/dvo_image_merge_dbs.c	(revision 28863)
+++ /branches/eam_branches/ipp-20100621/Ohana/src/dvomerge/src/dvo_image_merge_dbs.c	(revision 28864)
@@ -65,4 +65,6 @@
   off_t Nlo, Nhi, N;
 
+  if (!IDmap->Nmap) return 0;
+
   // find the a close entry below desired ID
   Nlo = 0; Nhi = IDmap->Nmap;
Index: /branches/eam_branches/ipp-20100621/Ohana/src/dvomerge/src/dvomergeUpdate.c
===================================================================
--- /branches/eam_branches/ipp-20100621/Ohana/src/dvomerge/src/dvomergeUpdate.c	(revision 28863)
+++ /branches/eam_branches/ipp-20100621/Ohana/src/dvomerge/src/dvomergeUpdate.c	(revision 28864)
@@ -131,5 +131,7 @@
   // load the image table 
   if (inDB.dbstate == LCK_EMPTY) {
-    Shutdown ("can't find input image catalog %s", inDB.filename);
+    // Shutdown ("can't find input image catalog %s", inDB.filename);
+    IDmap->Nmap = 0;
+    return TRUE;
   }
   if (!dvo_image_load (&inDB, VERBOSE, TRUE)) {