diff --git a/doc/release_new_version b/doc/release_new_version
index ed42cc32..6e47d0cd 100644
--- a/doc/release_new_version
+++ b/doc/release_new_version
@@ -230,6 +230,12 @@ Haiku of the month:
     -- Ole Tange
 
 New in this release:
+http://paperity.org/p/78557440/learning-string-distance-with-smoothing-for-ocr-spelling-correction
+http://blog.genoglobe.com/2016/11/gnu-parallel.html
+http://os.51cto.com/art/201612/524182.htm
+http://tomkimpson.com/howto/gnuparallel/
+https://gist.github.com/Brainiarc7/24c966c8a001061ee86cc4bc05826bf4
+https://www.researchgate.net/publication/308186413_Determination_of_crystal_structures_of_proteins_of_unknown_identity_using_a_marathon_molecular_replacement_procedure_Structure_of_Stenotrophomonas_maltophilia_phosphate-binding_protein
 https://www.msi.umn.edu/support/faq/how-can-i-use-gnu-parallel-run-lot-commands-parallel
 https://cs.gmu.edu/~ygingold/singleimage/Decomposing%20Images%20into%20Layers%20via%20RGB-space%20Geometry%20(Tan%20et%20al%202016%20TOG)%20small.pdf
 https://arxiv.org/pdf/1511.02895v2.pdf
diff --git a/src/sql b/src/sql
index 12bba8c3..337b8bed 100755
--- a/src/sql
+++ b/src/sql
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ if($dburl{'query'}) {
 }
 
 do {
-    if(@ARGV) {
+    if(@ARGV or $dburl{'query'}) {
 	$::opt_debug and print "$batch_command\n";
 	$::opt_verbose and print "$batch_command\n";
 	open(M,"| $batch_command") || die("mysql/psql/sqlplus not in path");