diff --git a/wwpdb/apps/entity_transform/depict/ProcessPrdSummary.py b/wwpdb/apps/entity_transform/depict/ProcessPrdSummary.py
index 40a00a7..e7b252d 100644
--- a/wwpdb/apps/entity_transform/depict/ProcessPrdSummary.py
+++ b/wwpdb/apps/entity_transform/depict/ProcessPrdSummary.py
@@ -491,6 +491,9 @@ def __readSplitMergePolymerResidueResult(self):
                     continue
                 #
                 if d['linkage_info'] == 'linked':
+                    # For the time being, only get self.__combResidueFlag value from 'pdbx_match_result' category,
+                    # not from 'pdbx_merge_polymer_residue_info' category.
+                    #self.__combResidueFlag = True
                     self.__image_data.append((d['merge_id'], d['merge_id'].upper()))
                 #
             #
diff --git a/wwpdb/apps/entity_transform/webapp/EntityWebApp.py b/wwpdb/apps/entity_transform/webapp/EntityWebApp.py
index a6bed30..b1e58c3 100644
--- a/wwpdb/apps/entity_transform/webapp/EntityWebApp.py
+++ b/wwpdb/apps/entity_transform/webapp/EntityWebApp.py
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 ##
 # File:  EntityWebApp.py
 # Date:  02-Oct-2012
+#
 # Updates:
+#  09-Dec-2024  zf   get ext_pdb_id from '_database_2.pdbx_database_accession' field
+#
 ##
 """
 Entity fixer web request and response processing modules.
@@ -1226,6 +1229,9 @@ def __getInputFileInfo(self, inputFileName):
                 dbcode = d['database_code'].upper().strip()
                 if dbname == 'PDB':
                     self.__pdbId = dbcode
+                    if ('pdbx_database_accession' in d) and d['pdbx_database_accession']:
+                        self.__pdbId = d['pdbx_database_accession'].strip()
+                    #
                     self.__lfh.write("+EntityWebApp.__getInputFileInfo() pdbId %s\n" % self.__pdbId)
                 elif dbname == 'WWPDB':
                     self.__identifier = dbcode