Index: tasks.scm
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--- tasks.scm
+++ tasks.scm
@@ -755,13 +755,13 @@
 	       (owner      (db:get-value-by-header row header "owner"))
 	       (event-time (db:get-value-by-header row header "event_time"))
 	       (comment    (db:get-value-by-header row header "comment"))
 	       (fail-count (db:get-value-by-header row header "fail_count"))
 	       (pass-count (db:get-value-by-header row header "pass_count"))
-               (db-contour (db:get-value-by-header row header "contour"))
+         (db-contour (db:get-value-by-header row header "contour"))
 	       (contour    (if (args:get-arg "-prepend-contour") 
-                                 (if (and db-contour (not (equal? db-contour ""))) 
+                                 (if (and db-contour (not (equal? db-contour ""))  (string? db-contour )) 
                                            (begin 
                                             (debug:print-info 1 *default-log-port*  "db-contour") 
  						db-contour)
 					    (args:get-arg "-contour"))))
 	       (keytarg    (if (or (args:get-arg "-prepend-contour") (args:get-arg "-prefix-target"))
@@ -988,11 +988,11 @@
                                   "")))
            (if (and (equal? area-tag "") (not (pgdb:is-area-taged dbh (vector-ref area-info 0))))
             (set! area-tag *default-area-tag*)) 
            (if (not (equal? area-tag "")) 
              (task:add-area-tag dbh area-info area-tag)) 
-	  (if (not (null? test-ids))
+	  (if (or (not (null? test-ids)) (not (null? run-ids)))
 	      (begin
 		(debug:print-info 1 *default-log-port*  "Syncing " (length test-step-ids) " changed tests")
                 ;;Assumption here is that if test-step or test data is changed then the test last update time is changed 
                 ;; not syncing run stats at this time as they can be derived from tests table.
 		            (tasks:sync-tests-data dbh cached-info test-ids area-info)