--- loncom/xml/lonxml.pm	2005/11/02 22:48:52	1.386
+++ loncom/xml/lonxml.pm	2005/11/10 21:38:27	1.388
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
 # XML Parser Module 
 #
-# $Id: lonxml.pm,v 1.386 2005/11/02 22:48:52 albertel Exp $
+# $Id: lonxml.pm,v 1.388 2005/11/10 21:38:27 albertel Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -527,7 +527,13 @@ sub inner_xmlparse {
   #   $finaloutput.=&endredirection;
   # }
 
-
+  if ($target eq 'grade') { &endredirection(); }
+  if ( $Apache::lonxml::redirection ) {
+      &error("Unclean exit of parser, text still being redirected. This is likely due to there being missing end tags.");
+      while ($Apache::lonxml::redirection) {
+	  $finaloutput.=&endredirection();
+      }
+  }
   if (($ENV{'QUERY_STRING'}) && ($target eq 'web')) {
     $finaloutput=&afterburn($finaloutput);
   }	    
@@ -636,7 +642,7 @@ sub setup_globals {
     $Apache::lonxml::evaluate = 1;
     $Apache::lonxml::import = 1;
   } elsif ($target eq 'grade') {
-    &startredirection;
+    &startredirection(); #ended in inner_xmlparse on exit
     $Apache::lonxml::metamode = 0;
     $Apache::lonxml::evaluate = 1;
     $Apache::lonxml::import = 1;
@@ -1450,7 +1456,12 @@ sub debug {
     if ($Apache::lonxml::debug eq "1") {
 	$|=1;
 	my $request=$Apache::lonxml::request;
-	if (!$request) { $request=Apache->request; }
+	if (!$request) {
+	    eval { $request=Apache->request; };
+	}
+	if (!$request) {
+	    eval { $request=Apache2::RequestUtil->request; };
+	}
 	$request->print('<font size="-2"><pre>DEBUG:'.&HTML::Entities::encode($_[0],'<>&"')."</pre></font>\n");
 	#&Apache::lonnet::logthis($_[0]);
     }