Index: trunk/ppStats/src/ppStatsFromMetadataStats.c
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--- trunk/ppStats/src/ppStatsFromMetadataStats.c	(revision 20888)
+++ trunk/ppStats/src/ppStatsFromMetadataStats.c	(revision 23989)
@@ -38,5 +38,8 @@
 
         psStats *stats = psStatsAlloc(option);
-        psVectorStats(stats, entry->vector, NULL, NULL, 0);
+        if (!psVectorStats(stats, entry->vector, NULL, NULL, 0)) {
+	    psError(PS_ERR_UNKNOWN, false, "failure to measure stats for %s", entry->statistic);
+	    continue;
+	}
 
         double value;