--- loncom/homework/response.pm	2008/10/24 16:22:54	1.206
+++ loncom/homework/response.pm	2008/12/11 04:11:09	1.206.2.1
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
 # various response type definitons response definition
 #
-# $Id: response.pm,v 1.206 2008/10/24 16:22:54 bisitz Exp $
+# $Id: response.pm,v 1.206.2.1 2008/12/11 04:11:09 raeburn Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -288,6 +288,7 @@ sub check_for_previous {
 		    $previous{'last'}='1';
 		}
 		if (! $previous{'award'} ) { $previous{'award'} = 'UNKNOWN';	}
+                if ($previous{'award'} eq 'INTERNAL_ERROR') { $previous{'used'}=0; }
 		&Apache::lonxml::debug("got a match :$previous{'award'}:$previous{'used'}:");
 	    }
 	}