--- trunk/all2xml.pl	2005/01/27 17:51:38	646
+++ trunk/all2xml.pl	2005/01/27 17:55:09	647
@@ -738,8 +738,12 @@
 		$import2cp = Text::Iconv->new($config->{isis_codepage},$codepage);
 		my $db = new Biblio::Isis( isisdb => $isis_db );
 
-		my $max_rowid = $db->count || die "can't find maxmfn";
-$max_rowid = 200; # XXX
+		my $max_rowid = $db->count;
+
+		if (! $max_rowid) {
+			print STDERR "FATAL: can't read database: $isis_db, skipping...\n";
+			next;
+		}
 
 		print STDERR "Reading database: $isis_db [$max_rowid rows]\n";