--- loncom/interface/Attic/lonspreadsheet.pm	2002/09/30 18:03:39	1.113
+++ loncom/interface/Attic/lonspreadsheet.pm	2002/09/30 18:47:43	1.114
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# $Id: lonspreadsheet.pm,v 1.113 2002/09/30 18:03:39 matthew Exp $
+# $Id: lonspreadsheet.pm,v 1.114 2002/09/30 18:47:43 matthew Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -2096,8 +2096,11 @@ sub loadassessment {
                 &Apache::lonnet::reply('dump:'.$udom.':'.$uname.':resourcedata',$uhome);
             if ($reply!~/^error\:/) {
                 $userrdatas{$uname.'___'.$udom}=$reply;
-                $userrdatas{$uname.'___'.$udom.'.last_cache'}=time;
             }
+            # Most of the time the user does not have a 'resourcedata.db' 
+            # file.  We need to cache that we got nothing instead of bothering
+            # with requesting it every time.
+            $userrdatas{$uname.'___'.$udom.'.last_cache'}=time;
         }
         foreach (split(/\&/,$userrdatas{$uname.'___'.$udom})) {
             my ($name,$value)=split(/\=/,$_);