Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/consistency/checkfield.m
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--- /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/consistency/checkfield.m	(revision 16458)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/consistency/checkfield.m	(revision 16459)
@@ -166,5 +166,5 @@
 %Check row of strings
 if getfieldvalue(options,'stringrow',0),
-	if size(field,1)~=1,
+	if(size(field,1)~=1 & size(field,1)~=0),
 		md = checkmessage(md,getfieldvalue(options,'message',...
 			['field ''' fieldname ''' should have only one row']));