--- loncom/lonsql	2001/03/27 20:08:23	1.27
+++ loncom/lonsql	2001/04/02 14:42:26	1.28
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ sub make_new_child {
 		}
 	    }
 	    # do custom metadata searching here and build into result
-	    if ($custom) {
+	    if ($custom or $customshow) {
 		&logthis("am going to do custom query for $custom");
 		if ($query) {
 		    @metalist=map {$perlvar{'lonDocRoot'}.$_.'.meta'} @files;