--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2002/12/04 15:23:39	1.304
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2002/12/05 23:27:46	1.308
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # TCP networking package
 #
-# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.304 2002/12/04 15:23:39 www Exp $
+# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.308 2002/12/05 23:27:46 albertel Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -80,7 +80,8 @@ use vars
 qw(%perlvar %hostname %homecache %badServerCache %hostip %iphost %spareid %hostdom 
    %libserv %pr %prp %metacache %packagetab %titlecache 
    %courselogs %accesshash $processmarker $dumpcount 
-   %coursedombuf %coursehombuf %courseresdatacache %domaindescription);
+   %coursedombuf %coursehombuf %courseresdatacache 
+   %studentresdatacache %domaindescription);
 use IO::Socket;
 use GDBM_File;
 use Apache::Constants qw(:common :http);
@@ -202,6 +203,7 @@ sub critical {
                " Critical message to unknown server ($server)</font>");
         return 'no_such_host';
     }
+    sleep 2;
     my $answer=reply($cmd,$server);
     if ($answer eq 'con_lost') {
         my $pingreply=reply('ping',$server);
@@ -215,7 +217,8 @@ sub critical {
             $middlename=substr($middlename,0,16);
             $middlename=~s/\W//g;
             my $dfilename=
-             "$perlvar{'lonSockDir'}/delayed/$now.$middlename.$server";
+      "$perlvar{'lonSockDir'}/delayed/$now.$dumpcount.$$.$middlename.$server";
+            $dumpcount++;
             {
              my $dfh;
              if ($dfh=Apache::File->new(">$dfilename")) {
@@ -2718,6 +2721,8 @@ sub courseresdata {
 	if ($tmp !~ /^(con_lost|error|no_such_host)/i) {
 	    $courseresdatacache{$hashid.'.time'}=time;
 	    $courseresdatacache{$hashid}=\%dumpreply;
+	} elsif ($tmp =~ /^(con_lost|no_such_host)/) {
+	    return $tmp;
 	}
     }
     foreach my $item (@which) {
@@ -2844,24 +2849,32 @@ sub EXT {
 	    my $courselevelm=$courseid.'.'.$mapparm;
 
 # ----------------------------------------------------------- first, check user
-	    my %resourcedata=&get('resourcedata',
-				  [$courselevelr,$courselevelm,$courselevel],
-				 $udom,$uname);
-	    if (($resourcedata{$courselevelr}!~/^error\:/) &&
-		($resourcedata{$courselevelr}!~/^con_lost/)) {
-
-		if ($resourcedata{$courselevelr}) {
-		    return $resourcedata{$courselevelr}; }
-		if ($resourcedata{$courselevelm}) {
-		    return $resourcedata{$courselevelm}; }
-		if ($resourcedata{$courselevel}) {
-		    return $resourcedata{$courselevel}; }
-	    } else {
-		if ($resourcedata{$courselevelr}!~/No such file/) {
-		    &logthis("<font color=blue>WARNING:".
-			     " Trying to get resource data for ".
-			     $uname." at ".$udom.": ".
-			     $resourcedata{$courselevelr}."</font>");
+	    #most student don't have any data set, check if there is some data
+            #every thirty minutes
+	    if (!exists($studentresdatacache{$uname.'_'.$udom})
+		|| $studentresdatacache{$uname.'_'.$udom} > (time+1800)) {
+		my %resourcedata=&get('resourcedata',
+				      [$courselevelr,$courselevelm,$courselevel],
+				      $udom,$uname);
+		my ($tmp)=keys(%resourcedata);
+		if (($tmp!~/^error\:/) && ($tmp!~/^con_lost/)) {
+		    if ($resourcedata{$courselevelr}) {
+			return $resourcedata{$courselevelr}; }
+		    if ($resourcedata{$courselevelm}) {
+			return $resourcedata{$courselevelm}; }
+		    if ($resourcedata{$courselevel}) {
+			return $resourcedata{$courselevel}; }
+		} else {
+		    if ($tmp!~/No such file/) {
+			&logthis("<font color=blue>WARNING:".
+				 " Trying to get resource data for ".
+				 $uname." at ".$udom.": ".
+				 $tmp."</font>");
+		    } elsif ($tmp=~/error:No such file/) {
+			$studentresdatacache{$uname.'_'.$udom}=time;
+		    } elsif ($tmp =~ /^(con_lost|no_such_host)/) {
+			return $tmp;
+		    }
 		}
 	    }