Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/consistency/checkfield.py
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--- /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/consistency/checkfield.py	(revision 16459)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/consistency/checkfield.py	(revision 16460)
@@ -140,5 +140,5 @@
 	#Check row of strings
 	if options.exist('stringrow'):
-		if not numpy.size(field,1)==1:
+		if not numpy.size(field,1)==1 and not numpy.size(field,1)==0:
 			md = md.checkmessage(options.getfieldvalue('message',\
 					"field '%s' should have 1 row" %fieldname))