Index: trunk/ippTools/src/chiptool.c
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--- trunk/ippTools/src/chiptool.c	(revision 25800)
+++ trunk/ippTools/src/chiptool.c	(revision 25822)
@@ -57,4 +57,5 @@
 static bool exportrunMode(pxConfig *config);
 static bool importrunMode(pxConfig *config);
+static bool runstateMode(pxConfig *config);
 
 # define MODECASE(caseName, func) \
@@ -97,4 +98,5 @@
         MODECASE(CHIPTOOL_MODE_EXPORTRUN,               exportrunMode);
         MODECASE(CHIPTOOL_MODE_IMPORTRUN,               importrunMode);
+        MODECASE(CHIPTOOL_MODE_RUNSTATE,                runstateMode);
         default:
             psAbort("invalid option (this should not happen)");
@@ -1508,2 +1510,82 @@
     return true;
 }
+
+static bool runstateMode(pxConfig *config)
+{
+    PS_ASSERT_PTR_NON_NULL(config, false);
+
+    psMetadata *where = psMetadataAlloc();
+    PXOPT_COPY_S64(config->args, where, "-chip_id",    "chipRun.chip_id", "==");
+    PXOPT_COPY_S64(config->args, where, "-exp_id",     "rawExp.exp_id", "==");
+    PXOPT_COPY_STR(config->args, where, "-exp_name",   "rawExp.exp_name", "==");
+    pxAddLabelSearchArgs (config, where, "-label",     "chipRun.label", "LIKE");
+
+//    PXOPT_LOOKUP_BOOL(all, config->args, "-all", false);
+    PXOPT_LOOKUP_BOOL(no_magic, config->args, "-no_magic", false);
+
+    PXOPT_LOOKUP_U64(limit, config->args, "-limit", false, false);
+    PXOPT_LOOKUP_BOOL(simple, config->args, "-simple", false);
+
+    psString query = pxDataGet("chiptool_runstate.sql");
+    if (!query) {
+        psError(PXTOOLS_ERR_DATA, false, "failed to retreive SQL statement");
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    if (psListLength(where->list)) {
+        psString whereClause = psDBGenerateWhereConditionSQL(where, NULL);
+        psStringAppend(&query, " WHERE %s", whereClause);
+        psFree(whereClause);
+    } else {
+        psError(PXTOOLS_ERR_DATA, true, "search parameters or -all are required");
+        return false;
+    }
+    psFree(where);
+
+    // treat limit == 0 as "no limit"
+    if (limit) {
+        psString limitString = psDBGenerateLimitSQL(limit);
+        psStringAppend(&query, " %s", limitString);
+        psFree(limitString);
+    }
+
+    if (!p_psDBRunQuery(config->dbh, query)) {
+        psError(PS_ERR_UNKNOWN, false, "database error");
+        psFree(query);
+        return false;
+    }
+    psFree(query);
+
+    psArray *output = p_psDBFetchResult(config->dbh);
+    if (!output) {
+        psErrorCode err = psErrorCodeLast();
+        switch (err) {
+            case PS_ERR_DB_CLIENT:
+                psError(PXTOOLS_ERR_SYS, false, "database error");
+            case PS_ERR_DB_SERVER:
+                psError(PXTOOLS_ERR_PROG, false, "database error");
+            default:
+                psError(PXTOOLS_ERR_PROG, false, "unknown error");
+        }
+
+        return false;
+    }
+    if (!psArrayLength(output)) {
+        psTrace("chiptool", PS_LOG_INFO, "no rows found");
+        psFree(output);
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    if (psArrayLength(output)) {
+        // negative simple so the default is true
+        if (!ippdbPrintMetadatas(stdout, output, "chipRunState", !simple)) {
+            psError(PS_ERR_UNKNOWN, false, "failed to print array");
+            psFree(output);
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    psFree(output);
+
+    return true;
+}