Index: trunk/FACT++/src/fits2sql.cc
===================================================================
--- trunk/FACT++/src/fits2sql.cc	(revision 19107)
+++ trunk/FACT++/src/fits2sql.cc	(revision 19108)
@@ -52,5 +52,9 @@
 #endif
          , "Database link as in\n\tuser:password@server[:port]/database.")
-        ("file",           var<string>(""),           "The root file to read from")
+        ("file",           var<string>("")
+#if BOOST_VERSION >= 104200
+         ->required()
+#endif
+         ,           "The root file to read from")
         ("force",          po_switch(),               "Force processing even if there is no database connection")
         ("create",         po_switch(),               "Create the database if not existing")
@@ -181,5 +185,5 @@
         "In case of succes, 0 is returned, a value>0 otherwise.\n"
         "\n"
-        "Usage: fits2sql [options] rootfile.root\n"
+        "Usage: fits2sql [options] --uri URI fitsfile.fits[.gz]\n"
         "\n"
         ;
Index: trunk/FACT++/src/root2sql.cc
===================================================================
--- trunk/FACT++/src/root2sql.cc	(revision 19107)
+++ trunk/FACT++/src/root2sql.cc	(revision 19108)
@@ -48,5 +48,9 @@
 #endif
          , "Database link as in\n\tuser:password@server[:port]/database.")
-        ("file",           var<string>(""),           "The root file to read from")
+        ("file",           var<string>("")
+#if BOOST_VERSION >= 104200
+         ->required()
+#endif
+         ,           "The root file to read from")
         ("force",          po_switch(),               "Force processing even if there is no database connection")
         ("create",         po_switch(),               "Create the database if not existing")
@@ -181,5 +185,5 @@
         "In case of succes, 0 is returned, a value>0 otherwise.\n"
         "\n"
-        "Usage: root2sql [options] rootfile.root\n"
+        "Usage: root2sql [options] -uri URI rootfile.root\n"
         "\n"
         ;