Index: trunk/ippToPsps/jython/scratchdb.py
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--- trunk/ippToPsps/jython/scratchdb.py	(revision 38990)
+++ trunk/ippToPsps/jython/scratchdb.py	(revision 38995)
@@ -809,5 +809,5 @@
     Use Ohana fits_to_mysql to load FITS tables into scratch db
     '''
-    def loadFITStoMYSQL(self, filename, tablename):
+    def loadFITStoMYSQL(self, filename, tablename=""):
 
         self.logger.infoPair("starting loadFITStoMYSQL: ", filename)
@@ -819,9 +819,7 @@
         cmd += " -dbuser " + self.dbUser
         cmd += " -dbpass " + self.dbPass
+        cmd += " " + tablename
 
         self.logger.debugPair("preparing command: ", cmd)
-
-        if tablename != "none":
-            cmd += " -tablename " + tablename
 
         (stdoutFile, stdoutName) = tempfile.mkstemp(prefix="fits_to_mysql.stdout.", dir="/tmp")