--- loncom/lond	2005/01/03 16:08:07	1.273
+++ loncom/lond	2005/01/03 16:34:46	1.274
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # lond "LON Daemon" Server (port "LOND" 5663)
 #
-# $Id: lond,v 1.273 2005/01/03 16:08:07 albertel Exp $
+# $Id: lond,v 1.274 2005/01/03 16:34:46 albertel Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ my $DEBUG = 0;		       # Non zero to ena
 my $status='';
 my $lastlog='';
 
-my $VERSION='$Revision: 1.273 $'; #' stupid emacs
+my $VERSION='$Revision: 1.274 $'; #' stupid emacs
 my $remoteVERSION;
 my $currenthostid="default";
 my $currentdomainid;
@@ -3198,8 +3198,9 @@ sub put_course_id_handler {
 #                 owner    - optional supplied username of owner to filter
 #                            the dump.  Only courses for which the course 
 #                            owner matches the supplied username will be
-#                            returned. Implicit assumption that owner is a user
-#                            in the domain in which the course database is defined.        
+#                            returned. Implicit assumption that owner
+#                            is a user in the domain in which the
+#                            course database is defined.
 #     $client  - The socket open on the client.
 # Returns:
 #    1     - Continue processing.
@@ -3233,15 +3234,9 @@ sub dump_course_id_handler {
     if ($hashref) {
 	while (my ($key,$value) = each(%$hashref)) {
 	    my ($descr,$lasttime,$inst_code,$owner);
-            my @courseitems = split/:/,$value;
-            $descr = shift @courseitems;
-            $lasttime = pop @courseitems;
-            if (@courseitems > 0) {
-                $inst_code = shift @courseitems;
-            }
-            if (@courseitems > 0) {
-                $owner = shift @courseitems;
-            }
+            my @courseitems = split(/:/,$value);
+            $lasttime = pop(@courseitems);
+	    ($descr,$inst_code,$owner)=@courseitems;
 	    if ($lasttime<$since) { next; }
             my $match = 1;
 	    unless ($description eq '.') {