--- trunk/all2xml.pl	2005/02/17 18:08:14	672
+++ trunk/all2xml.pl	2005/02/17 18:11:57	673
@@ -742,13 +742,13 @@
 		$import2cp = Text::Iconv->new($config->{isis_codepage},$codepage);
 		my $db = new Biblio::Isis( isisdb => $isis_db );
 
-		my $max_rowid = $db->count if ($db);
-
-		if (! $max_rowid) {
+		if (! $db) {
 			print STDERR "FATAL: can't read ISIS database: $isis_db, skipping...\n";
 			next;
 		}
 
+		my $max_rowid = $db->count if ($db);
+
 		print STDERR "Reading database: $isis_db [$max_rowid rows]\n";
 
 		for (my $row_id = 1; $row_id <= $max_rowid; $row_id++ ) {