--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2007/09/05 17:37:51	1.910
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2007/09/12 03:40:35	1.911
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # TCP networking package
 #
-# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.910 2007/09/05 17:37:51 albertel Exp $
+# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.911 2007/09/12 03:40:35 raeburn Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -906,8 +906,8 @@ sub usersearch {
         if (&host_domain($tryserver) eq $dom) {
             my $host=&hostname($tryserver);
             my $queryid=
-                &reply("querysend:".&escape($query).':'.&escape($dom).':'.
-                       &escape($srch->{'srchby'}).'%%'.
+                &reply("querysend:".&escape($query).':'.
+                       &escape($srch->{'srchby'}).':'.
                        &escape($srch->{'srchtype'}).':'.
                        &escape($srch->{'srchterm'}),$tryserver);
             if ($queryid !~/^\Q$host\E\_/) {
@@ -924,20 +924,23 @@ sub usersearch {
             if ( ($reply =~/^timeout/) || ($reply =~/^error/) ) {
                 &logthis('usersrch error: '.$reply.' for '.$dom.' - searching for : '.$srch->{'srchterm'}.' by '.$srch->{'srchby'}.' ('.$srch->{'srchtype'}.') -  maxtries: '.$maxtries.' tries: '.$tries);
             } else {
-                my @matches = split(/&/,$reply);
+                my @matches;
+                if ($reply =~ /\n/) {
+                    @matches = split(/\n/,$reply);
+                } else {
+                    @matches = split(/\&/,$reply);
+                }
                 foreach my $match (@matches) {
-                    my @items = split(/:/,$match);
                     my ($uname,$udom,%userhash);
-                    foreach my $entry (@items) {
-                        my ($key,$value) = split(/=/,$entry);
-                        $key = &unescape($key);
-                        $value = &unescape($value);
+                    foreach my $entry (split(/:/,$match)) {
+                        my ($key,$value) =
+                            map {&unescape($_);} split(/=/,$entry);
                         $userhash{$key} = $value;
                         if ($key eq 'username') {
                             $uname = $value;
                         } elsif ($key eq 'domain') {
                             $udom = $value;
-                        } 
+                        }
                     }
                     $results{$uname.':'.$udom} = \%userhash;
                 }