--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2005/02/23 23:19:42	1.600
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2005/03/01 00:22:59	1.601
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # TCP networking package
 #
-# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.600 2005/02/23 23:19:42 albertel Exp $
+# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.601 2005/03/01 00:22:59 albertel Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -4676,7 +4676,8 @@ sub symblist {
         if (tie(%hash,'GDBM_File',$ENV{'request.course.fn'}.'_symb.db',
                       &GDBM_WRCREAT(),0640)) {
 	    foreach (keys %newhash) {
-                $hash{declutter($_)}=$mapname.'___'.&deversion($newhash{$_});
+                $hash{declutter($_)}=&encode_symb($mapname,$newhash{$_}->[1],
+						  $newhash{$_}->[0]);
             }
             if (untie(%hash)) {
 		return 'ok';
@@ -4830,13 +4831,13 @@ sub symbread {
         }
 # ---------------------------------------------------------- There was an entry
         if ($syval) {
-           unless ($syval=~/\_\d+$/) {
-	       unless ($ENV{'form.request.prefix'}=~/\.(\d+)\_$/) {
-                  &appenv('request.ambiguous' => $thisfn);
-		  return $ENV{$cache_str}='';
-               }    
-               $syval.=$1;
-	   }
+	    #unless ($syval=~/\_\d+$/) {
+		#unless ($ENV{'form.request.prefix'}=~/\.(\d+)\_$/) {
+		    #&appenv('request.ambiguous' => $thisfn);
+		    #return $ENV{$cache_str}='';
+		#}    
+		#$syval.=$1;
+	    #}
         } else {
 # ------------------------------------------------------- Was not in symb table
            if (tie(%bighash,'GDBM_File',$ENV{'request.course.fn'}.'.db',
@@ -4880,7 +4881,8 @@ sub symbread {
            }
         }
         if ($syval) {
-	    return $ENV{$cache_str}=&symbclean($syval.'___'.$thisfn);
+	    return $ENV{$cache_str}=$syval;
+	    #return $ENV{$cache_str}=&symbclean($syval.'___'.$thisfn);
         }
     }
     &appenv('request.ambiguous' => $thisfn);