fix commandline tools

git-svn-id: http://freebase-python.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@190 5914aa95-5b3a-0410-a3b5-7b719e7fe9b2

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/freebase/api/session.py b/freebase/api/session.py
index ac3b5e4..609a64f 100644
--- a/freebase/api/session.py
+++ b/freebase/api/session.py
@@ -496,6 +496,11 @@ class HTTPMetawebSession(MetawebSession):
         cursor = True
         service = '/api/service/mqlread'
         
+        if isinstance(sq, (tuple, list)):
+            if len(sq) > 1:
+                raise MetawebError("You cannot ask mqlreaditer a query in the form: [{}, {}, ...], just [{}] or {}")
+            sq = sq[0]
+        
         while 1:
             subq = dict(query=[sq], cursor=cursor, escape=False)
             if asof: