--- loncom/metadata_database/searchcat.pl	2003/06/25 14:42:00	1.35
+++ loncom/metadata_database/searchcat.pl	2003/07/30 16:49:27	1.36
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # searchcat.pl "Search Catalog" batch script
 #
-# $Id: searchcat.pl,v 1.35 2003/06/25 14:42:00 www Exp $
+# $Id: searchcat.pl,v 1.36 2003/07/30 16:49:27 www Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -76,6 +76,13 @@ use POSIX qw(strftime mktime);
 
 my @metalist;
 
+$simplestatus='';
+
+sub writesimple {
+    open(SMP,'>/home/httpd/html/lon-status/mysql.txt');
+    print SMP $simplestatus."\n";
+    close(SMP);
+}
 
 # ----------------------------------------------------- Un-Escape Special Chars
 
@@ -207,6 +214,7 @@ if ($wwwid!=$<) {
 
 open(LOG,'>'.$perlvar{'lonDaemons'}.'/logs/searchcat.log');
 print LOG '==== Searchcat Run '.localtime()."====\n\n";
+$simplestatus='time='.time.'&';
 my $dbh;
 # ------------------------------------- Make sure that database can be accessed
 {
@@ -214,8 +222,11 @@ my $dbh;
 	    $dbh = DBI->connect("DBI:mysql:loncapa","www",$perlvar{'lonSqlAccess'},{ RaiseError =>0,PrintError=>0})
 	    ) { 
 	print LOG "Cannot connect to database!\n";
+	$simplestatus.='mysql=defunct';
+	&writesimple();
 	exit;
     }
+
     my $make_metadata_table = "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS metadata (".
         "title TEXT, author TEXT, subject TEXT, url TEXT, keywords TEXT, ".
         "version TEXT, notes TEXT, abstract TEXT, mime TEXT, language TEXT, ".
@@ -312,6 +323,7 @@ foreach my $user (@homeusers) {
 $dbh->disconnect;
 print LOG "\n==== Searchcat completed ".localtime()." ====\n";
 close(LOG);
+&writesimple();
 exit 0;