--- loncom/interface/loncommon.pm	2001/02/13 18:18:40	1.1
+++ loncom/interface/loncommon.pm	2001/07/26 16:00:24	1.3
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # 2/13 Guy Albertelli
 
 # Makes a table out of the previous attempts
-# Inputs result_from_symbread, user, domain, home_server, course_id
+# Inputs result_from_symbread, user, domain, course_id
 
 package Apache::loncommon;
 
@@ -12,19 +12,11 @@ use Apache::Constants qw(:common);
 use Apache::lonmsg();
 
 sub get_previous_attempt {
-  my ($symb,$username,$domain,$home,$course)=@_;
+  my ($symb,$username,$domain,$course)=@_;
   my $prevattempts='';
   if ($symb) {
-    my $answer=&Apache::lonnet::reply(
-				      "restore:".$domain.':'.$username.':'.$course.':'.
-				      &Apache::lonnet::escape($symb),
-                                      $home);
-    my %returnhash=();
-    map {
-      my ($name,$value)=split(/\=/,$_);
-      $returnhash{&Apache::lonnet::unescape($name)}=
-	&Apache::lonnet::unescape($value);
-    } split(/\&/,$answer);
+    my (%returnhash)=
+      &Apache::lonnet::restore($symb,$course,$domain,$username);
     if ($returnhash{'version'}) {
       my %lasthash=();
       my $version;