--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2003/09/19 18:20:35	1.419
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2003/09/19 19:38:24	1.420
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # TCP networking package
 #
-# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.419 2003/09/19 18:20:35 albertel Exp $
+# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.420 2003/09/19 19:38:24 albertel Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ qw(%perlvar %hostname %homecache %badSer
    %libserv %pr %prp %metacache %packagetab %titlecache 
    %courselogs %accesshash %userrolehash $processmarker $dumpcount 
    %coursedombuf %coursenumbuf %coursehombuf %coursedescrbuf %courseresdatacache 
-   %usectioncache %domaindescription %domain_auth_def %domain_auth_arg_def 
+   %userresdatacache %usectioncache %domaindescription %domain_auth_def %domain_auth_arg_def 
    %domain_lang_def %domain_city %domain_longi %domain_lati $tmpdir);
 
 use IO::Socket;
@@ -856,6 +856,7 @@ sub devalidate_cache {
 
 sub is_cached {
     my ($cache,$id,$time) = @_;
+    if (!$time) { $time=300; }
     if (!exists($$cache{$id.'.time'})) {
 	return (undef,undef);
     } else {
@@ -878,7 +879,7 @@ sub usection {
     my ($udom,$unam,$courseid)=@_;
     my $hashid="$udom:$unam:$courseid";
     
-    my ($result,$cached)=&is_cached(\%usectioncache,$hashid,300);
+    my ($result,$cached)=&is_cached(\%usectioncache,$hashid);
     if (defined($cached)) { return $result; }
     $courseid=~s/\_/\//g;
     $courseid=~s/^(\w)/\/$1/;
@@ -3301,7 +3302,7 @@ sub courseresdata {
     my ($coursenum,$coursedomain,@which)=@_;
     my $coursehom=&homeserver($coursenum,$coursedomain);
     my $hashid=$coursenum.':'.$coursedomain;
-    my ($result,$cached)=&is_cached(\%courseresdatacache,$hashid,300);
+    my ($result,$cached)=&is_cached(\%courseresdatacache,$hashid);
     unless (defined($cached)) {
 	my %dumpreply=&dump('resourcedata',$coursedomain,$coursenum);
 	$result=\%dumpreply;
@@ -3485,28 +3486,35 @@ sub EXT {
 
 # ----------------------------------------------------------- first, check user
 	    #most student don\'t have any data set, check if there is some data
-            #every thirty minutes
 	    if (! &EXT_cache_status($udom,$uname)) {
-		my %resourcedata=&get('resourcedata',
-				      [$courselevelr,$courselevelm,$courselevel],
-				      $udom,$uname);
-		my ($tmp)=keys(%resourcedata);
+		my $hashid="$udom:$uname";
+		my ($result,$cached)=&is_cached(\%userresdatacache,$hashid);
+		if (!defined($cached)) { 
+		    my %resourcedata=&get('resourcedata',
+					  [$courselevelr,$courselevelm,
+					   $courselevel],$udom,$uname);
+		    $result=\%resourcedata;
+		}
+		my ($tmp)=keys(%$result);
 		if (($tmp!~/^error\:/) && ($tmp!~/^con_lost/)) {
-		    if ($resourcedata{$courselevelr}) {
-			return $resourcedata{$courselevelr}; }
-		    if ($resourcedata{$courselevelm}) {
-			return $resourcedata{$courselevelm}; }
-		    if ($resourcedata{$courselevel}) {
-			return $resourcedata{$courselevel}; }
+		    &do_cache(\%userresdatacache,$hashid,$result);
+		    if ($$result{$courselevelr}) {
+			return $$result{$courselevelr}; }
+		    if ($$result{$courselevelm}) {
+			return $$result{$courselevelm}; }
+		    if ($$result{$courselevel}) {
+			return $$result{$courselevel}; }
 		} else {
 		    if ($tmp!~/No such file/) {
 			&logthis("<font color=blue>WARNING:".
 				 " Trying to get resource data for ".
 				 $uname." at ".$udom.": ".
 				 $tmp."</font>");
+			&do_cache(\%userresdatacache,$hashid,undef);
 		    } elsif ($tmp=~/error:No such file/) {
                         &EXT_cache_set($udom,$uname);
 		    } elsif ($tmp =~ /^(con_lost|no_such_host)/) {
+			&do_cache(\%userresdatacache,$hashid,undef);
 			return $tmp;
 		    }
 		}