--- loncom/interface/lonsearchcat.pm	2001/03/27 19:05:02	1.84
+++ loncom/interface/lonsearchcat.pm	2001/03/27 19:57:53	1.86
@@ -580,10 +580,13 @@ sub advancedsearch {
 	}
 	&output_results('Advanced',$r,$envhash,$customquery,$reply);
     }
-    else {
-	&output_results('Advanced',$r,$envhash,$query);
+    elsif ($customquery) {
+	my $reply='';
+	$reply=&Apache::lonnet::metadata_query('',
+					       $customquery,$customshow);
+	&output_results('Advanced',$r,$envhash,$customquery,$reply);
     }
-    $r->print(' ');
+    $r->print('system error'); # just in case.. hrrmm..
     return OK;
 }
 
@@ -705,6 +708,7 @@ sub output_results {
 	foreach my $result (@results) {
 	    next if $result=~/^custom\=/;
 	    chomp $result;
+	    next unless $result;
 	    my @fields=map
 	                   {&Apache::lonnet::unescape($_)}
 	                   (split(/\,/,$result));