--- loncom/interface/loncoursedata.pm	2003/07/14 13:10:39	1.81
+++ loncom/interface/loncoursedata.pm	2003/10/03 15:33:25	1.81.2.2
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
 #
-# $Id: loncoursedata.pm,v 1.81 2003/07/14 13:10:39 matthew Exp $
+# $Id: loncoursedata.pm,v 1.81.2.2 2003/10/03 15:33:25 albertel Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -872,6 +872,36 @@ sub get_student {
 
 =pod
 
+=item &clear_internal_caches()
+
+Causes the internal caches used in get_student_id, get_student,
+get_symb_id, get_symb, get_part_id, and get_part to be undef'd.
+
+Needs to be called before the first operation with the MySQL database
+for a given Apache request.
+
+=cut
+
+################################################
+################################################
+sub clear_internal_caches {
+    $have_read_part_table = 0;
+    undef(%ids_by_part);
+    undef(%parts_by_id);
+    $have_read_symb_table = 0;
+    undef(%ids_by_symb);
+    undef(%symbs_by_id);
+    $have_read_student_table = 0;
+    undef(%ids_by_student);
+    undef(%students_by_id);
+}
+
+
+################################################
+################################################
+
+=pod
+
 =item &update_student_data()
 
 Input: $sname, $sdom, $courseid
@@ -1165,6 +1195,33 @@ sub get_student_data_from_performance_ca
         $studentdata->{$symb}->{$base.'.awarddetail'} = $awarddetail;
         $studentdata->{$symb}->{'timestamp'} = $time if (defined($time) && $time ne '');
     }
+    ## Get misc parameters
+    $request = 'SELECT c.symb,a.parameter,a.value '.
+        "FROM $student_table AS b ".
+        "LEFT JOIN $parameters_table AS a ON b.student_id=a.student_id ".
+        "LEFT JOIN $symb_table AS c ON c.symb_id = a.symb_id ".
+        "WHERE student='$student'";
+    if (defined($symb) && $symb ne '') {
+        $request .= " AND c.symb=".$dbh->quote($symb);
+    }
+    $sth = $dbh->prepare($request);
+    $sth->execute();
+    if ($sth->err()) {
+        &Apache::lonnet::logthis("Unable to execute MySQL request:");
+        &Apache::lonnet::logthis("\n".$request."\n");
+        &Apache::lonnet::logthis("error is:".$sth->errstr());
+        if (defined($symb) && $symb ne '') {
+            $studentdata = $studentdata->{$symb};
+        }
+        return $studentdata;
+    }
+    #
+    foreach my $row (@{$sth->fetchall_arrayref}) {
+        $rows_retrieved++;
+        my ($symb,$parameter,$value) = (@$row);
+        $studentdata->{$symb}->{$parameter}  = $value;
+    }
+    #
     if (defined($symb) && $symb ne '') {
         $studentdata = $studentdata->{$symb};
     }