--- loncom/lond	2006/02/09 20:23:28	1.318.2.1
+++ loncom/lond	2006/02/09 23:41:22	1.318.2.4
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # lond "LON Daemon" Server (port "LOND" 5663)
 #
-# $Id: lond,v 1.318.2.1 2006/02/09 20:23:28 albertel Exp $
+# $Id: lond,v 1.318.2.4 2006/02/09 23:41:22 albertel Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ my $status='';
 my $lastlog='';
 my $lond_max_wait_time = 13;
 
-my $VERSION='$Revision: 1.318.2.1 $'; #' stupid emacs
+my $VERSION='$Revision: 1.318.2.4 $'; #' stupid emacs
 my $remoteVERSION;
 my $currenthostid="default";
 my $currentdomainid;
@@ -2915,11 +2915,17 @@ sub dump_profile_database {
 	while (my ($key,$value) = each(%$hashref)) {
 	    my ($v,$symb,$param) = split(/:/,$key);
 	    next if ($v eq 'version' || $symb eq 'keys');
-	    next if (exists($data{$symb}) && 
-		     exists($data{$symb}->{$param}) &&
-		     $data{$symb}->{'v.'.$param} > $v);
-	    $data{$symb}->{$param}=$value;
-	    $data{$symb}->{'v.'.$param}=$v;
+	    # making old style store  entries '$ver:$symb:$key = $value'
+	    # look like new                   '$ver:$symb = "$key=$value"'
+	    if (defined($param)) { $value = $param.'='.$value; }	    
+	    foreach my $pair (split(/\&/,$value)) {
+		my ($param,$value)=split(/=/,$pair);
+		next if (exists($data{$symb}) && 
+			 exists($data{$symb}->{$param}) &&
+			 $data{$symb}->{'v.'.$param} > $v);
+		$data{$symb}->{$param}=$value;
+		$data{$symb}->{'v.'.$param}=$v;
+	    }
 	}
 	if (&untie_user_hash($hashref)) {
 	    while (my ($symb,$param_hash) = each(%data)) {
@@ -3071,9 +3077,7 @@ sub store_handler {
 		my ($key)=split(/=/,$pair);
 		$allkeys.=$key.':';
 	    }
-	    $hashref->{"$version:$rid"}=$what;
-
-	    $hashref->{"$version:$rid:timestamp"}=$now;
+	    $hashref->{"$version:$rid"}=$what."\&timestamp=$now";
 	    $allkeys.='timestamp';
 	    $hashref->{"$version:keys:$rid"}=$allkeys;
 	    if (&untie_user_hash($hashref)) {