--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2007/08/31 12:33:29	1.909
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2007/09/05 17:37:51	1.910
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # TCP networking package
 #
-# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.909 2007/08/31 12:33:29 raeburn Exp $
+# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.910 2007/09/05 17:37:51 albertel Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -1223,8 +1223,10 @@ sub do_cache_new {
 	$time=600;
     }
     if ($debug) { &Apache::lonnet::logthis("Setting $id to $value"); }
-    if (!($memcache->set($id,$setvalue,$time))) {
+    my $result = $memcache->set($id,$setvalue,$time);
+    if (! $result) {
 	&logthis("caching of id -> $id  failed");
+	$memcache->disconnect_all();
     }
     # need to make a copy of $value
     #&make_room($id,$value,$debug);