+ my $sth = $dbh->prepare("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM conf") or warn $dbh->errstr;
+ $sth and $sth->execute or warn $sth->errstr;
+ $sth and $confcount = $sth->fetchrow_arrayref->[0];
+
+ if ($confcount) {
+ $use_confcompat = 0;
+ }else{
+ warn "NO CONFIGURATION RECORDS FOUND";