--- loncom/interface/lonsupportreq.pm	2006/05/30 12:46:09	1.35
+++ loncom/interface/lonsupportreq.pm	2006/09/01 21:07:11	1.37
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# $Id: lonsupportreq.pm,v 1.35 2006/05/30 12:46:09 www Exp $
+# $Id: lonsupportreq.pm,v 1.37 2006/09/01 21:07:11 raeburn Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -976,7 +976,8 @@ Please review the information in "Log-in
 
 sub retrieve_instcodes {
     my ($coursecodes,$codedom,$totcodes) = @_;
-    my %courses = &Apache::lonnet::courseiddump($codedom,'.',1,'.','.','.');
+    my %courses = &Apache::lonnet::courseiddump($codedom,'.',1,'.','.','.',
+                                                undef,undef,'Course');
     foreach my $course (keys %courses) {
         if ($courses{$course} =~ m/^[^:]*:([^:]+)/) {
             $$coursecodes{$course} = &unescape($1);
@@ -1104,9 +1105,9 @@ sub sort_cats {
     my ($num,$cat_order,$codetitles,$idsarrayref,$sorted) = @_;
     my @unsorted = @{$idsarrayref};
     if (defined($$cat_order{$$codetitles[$num]})) {
-        foreach (@{$$cat_order{$$codetitles[$num]}}) {
-            if (grep/^$_$/,@unsorted) {
-                push @{$sorted}, $_;
+        foreach my $item (@{$$cat_order{$$codetitles[$num]}}) {
+            if (grep/^\Q$item\E$/,@unsorted) {
+                push @{$sorted}, $item;
             }
         }
     } else {