--- loncom/publisher/lonpublisher.pm	2004/06/11 02:27:27	1.171
+++ loncom/publisher/lonpublisher.pm	2004/06/11 20:11:06	1.172
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
 # Publication Handler
 #
-# $Id: lonpublisher.pm,v 1.171 2004/06/11 02:27:27 taceyjo1 Exp $
+# $Id: lonpublisher.pm,v 1.172 2004/06/11 20:11:06 matthew Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -801,49 +801,21 @@ sub store_metadata {
         &Apache::lonnet::logthis($error);
         return ($error,undef);
     }
+    my $dbh = &Apache::lonmysql::get_dbh();
     if (($metadata{'obsolete'}) || ($metadata{'copyright'} eq 'priv') ||
 	($metadata{'copyright'} eq 'custom')) {
-# remove this entry
-	$status=&Apache::lonmysql::remove_from_table
-	    ('metadata','url',$metadata{'url'});
+        # remove this entry
+	$status=&LONCAPA::lonmetadata::delete_metadata($dbh,undef,
+                                                       $metadata{'url'});
     } else {
-# store new data
-# adjust some values to metadatadatabase (e.g., "usage" is a reserved word)
-	$metadata{'creationdate'}=
-	    &Apache::lonmysql::sqltime($metadata{'creationdate'}); 
-	$metadata{'lastrevisiondate'}=
-	    &Apache::lonmysql::sqltime($metadata{'lastrevisiondate'});
-	$metadata{'sequsage'}=$metadata{'usage'};
-	$metadata{'sequsage_list'}=$metadata{'usage_list'};
-	my %newmetadata=();
-# see if we have old entries
-	my @oldmeta=&Apache::lonmysql::get_rows('metadata',
-						"url LIKE BINARY '".
-						$metadata{'url'}."'");
-	if ($#oldmeta==0) {
-# yes, there is one old entry, transfer to newmetadata
-	    %newmetadata=&LONCAPA::lonmetadata::metadata_col_to_hash(@{$oldmeta[0]});
-# remove old entry
-	    $status=&Apache::lonmysql::remove_from_table
-		('metadata','url',$metadata{'url'});
-	} elsif ($#oldmeta>0) {
-# more than one entry fit - how did that happen?
-	    $error='<font color="red">Error occured retrieving old values in '.
-	      'metadata table in LON-CAPA database: '.$#oldmeta.
-	      ' matches</font>';
-	    &Apache::lonnet::logthis($error);
-	    return ($error,undef);
-	}
-# store new data on top of it
-	foreach (keys %metadata) {
-	    $newmetadata{$_}=$metadata{$_};
-	}
-	$status = &Apache::lonmysql::store_row('metadata',\%newmetadata);
+        $status = &LONCAPA::lonmetadata::update_metadata($dbh,undef,
+                                                         \%metadata);
     }
-    if (! defined($status)) {
+    if (defined($status) && $status ne '') {
         $error='<font color="red">Error occured storing new values in '.
             'metadata table in LON-CAPA database</font>';
         &Apache::lonnet::logthis($error);
+        &Apache::lonnet::logthis($status);
         return ($error,undef);
     }
     return (undef,$status);