From 63f02aa91beaa330a45d8c572cb6e092832b6cb0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2010 15:19:14 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Fix regression in get_metadata for books with no formats

---
 src/calibre/library/database2.py | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/calibre/library/database2.py b/src/calibre/library/database2.py
index 01d46083b2..3e7b932808 100644
--- a/src/calibre/library/database2.py
+++ b/src/calibre/library/database2.py
@@ -590,7 +590,11 @@ class LibraryDatabase2(LibraryDatabase, SchemaUpgrade, CustomColumns):
         mi.pubdate     = self.pubdate(idx, index_is_id=index_is_id)
         mi.uuid        = self.uuid(idx, index_is_id=index_is_id)
         mi.title_sort  = self.title_sort(idx, index_is_id=index_is_id)
-        mi.formats     = self.formats(idx, index_is_id=index_is_id).split(',')
+        mi.formats     = self.formats(idx, index_is_id=index_is_id)
+        if hasattr(mi.formats, 'split'):
+            mi.formats = mi.formats.split(',')
+        else:
+            mi.formats = None
         tags = self.tags(idx, index_is_id=index_is_id)
         if tags:
             mi.tags = [i.strip() for i in tags.split(',')]