--- loncom/metadata_database/parse_activity_log.pl	2005/09/19 20:30:37	1.17
+++ loncom/metadata_database/parse_activity_log.pl	2005/09/20 16:50:40	1.18
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #
 # The LearningOnline Network
 #
-# $Id: parse_activity_log.pl,v 1.17 2005/09/19 20:30:37 albertel Exp $
+# $Id: parse_activity_log.pl,v 1.18 2005/09/20 16:50:40 matthew Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -488,6 +488,19 @@ sub process_courselog {
         foreach my $chunk (split(/\&\&\&/,$log)) {
             my $warningflag = '';
 	    my ($time,$res,$uname,$udom,$action,@values)= split(/:/,$chunk);
+            # 
+            # Sometimes we get a file pasted into the activity.log from
+            # an upload form.  Here we try to detect it and avoid inserting
+            # it into the database to avoid the quiet death of the database
+            # connection
+            my $i;
+            for ($i=0;$i<$#values;$i++) {
+                if ($values[$i] =~ /^HWVAL/) {
+                    $#values = $i;
+                    last;
+                }
+            }
+            #
             if (! defined($res) || $res =~ /^\s*$/) {
                 $res = '/adm/roles';
                 $action = 'LOGIN';