From a4751168538e03d804640d6452bde7cdf577a057 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Miroslav Stampar <miroslav.stampar@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2013 21:42:23 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Minor check

---
 lib/core/option.py | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/core/option.py b/lib/core/option.py
index ed31a02ff..eeb685c23 100644
--- a/lib/core/option.py
+++ b/lib/core/option.py
@@ -2055,6 +2055,10 @@ def _basicOptionValidation():
         errMsg = "option '-d' is incompatible with switch '--tor'"
         raise SqlmapSyntaxException(errMsg)
 
+    if not conf.tech:
+        errMsg = "option '--technique' can't be empty"
+        raise SqlmapSyntaxException(errMsg)
+
     if conf.tor and conf.ignoreProxy:
         errMsg = "switch '--tor' is incompatible with switch '--ignore-proxy'"
         raise SqlmapSyntaxException(errMsg)