--- loncom/interface/loncoursedata.pm	2006/10/06 19:02:20	1.176
+++ loncom/interface/loncoursedata.pm	2006/12/21 02:51:53	1.177
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
 #
-# $Id: loncoursedata.pm,v 1.176 2006/10/06 19:02:20 albertel Exp $
+# $Id: loncoursedata.pm,v 1.177 2006/12/21 02:51:53 albertel Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -1427,18 +1427,17 @@ sub update_student_data {
     #
     # Download students data
     my $time_of_retrieval = time;
-    my @tmp = &Apache::lonnet::currentdump($courseid,$sdom,$sname);
-    if ((scalar(@tmp) > 0) && ($tmp[0] =~ /^error:/)) {
+    my %student_data = &Apache::lonnet::currentdump($courseid,$sdom,$sname);
+    if (&Apache::lonnet::error(%student_data)) {
         &Apache::lonnet::logthis('error getting data for '.
                                  $sname.':'.$sdom.' in course '.$courseid.
-                                 ':'.$tmp[0]);
-        $returnstatus = 'error getting data';
+                                 ':'.(%student_data)[0]);
+        $returnstatus =(%student_data)[0] ;
         return ($returnstatus,undef);
     }
-    if (scalar(@tmp) < 1) {
+    if (scalar(keys(%student_data)) < 1) {
         return ('no data',undef);
     }
-    my %student_data = @tmp;
     my @Results = &store_student_data($sname,$sdom,$courseid,\%student_data);
     #
     # Set the students update time
@@ -1667,6 +1666,10 @@ sub ensure_current_data {
         ($sdom,$sname,$courseid.'.db',
          $Apache::lonnet::perlvar{'lonUsersDir'});
     #
+    if ($modifiedtime == -1) {
+	return ('no data',undef);
+    }
+
     my $student_id = &get_student_id($sname,$sdom);
     my @Result = &Apache::lonmysql::get_rows($student_table,
                                              "student_id ='$student_id'");
@@ -1910,7 +1913,7 @@ sub get_current_state {
     } else {
         if ($status ne 'okay' && $status ne '') {
             &Apache::lonnet::logthis('status = '.$status);
-            return ();
+            return ('error: '.$status,undef);
         }
         my $returnhash = &get_student_data_from_performance_cache($sname,$sdom,
                                                       $symb,$courseid);