--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2000/10/06 22:43:34	1.38
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2000/10/07 10:09:53	1.39
@@ -1044,11 +1044,25 @@ sub symbread {
               if ($ids) {
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------- Has ID(s)
                  my @possibilities=split(/\,/,$ids);
-                 if ($#possibilities==1) {
+                 if ($#possibilities==0) {
+# ----------------------------------------------- There is only one possibility
 		     my ($mapid,$resid)=split(/\./,$ids);
                      $syval=declutter($bighash{'map_id_'.$mapid}).'___'.$resid;
                  } else {
-                     $syval='';
+# ------------------------------------------ There is more than one possibility
+                     my $realpossible=0;
+                     map {
+			 my $file=$bighash{'src_'.$_};
+                         if (&allowed('bre',$file)) {
+         		    my ($mapid,$resid)=split(/\./,$_);
+                            if ($bighash{'map_type_'.$mapid} ne 'page') {
+				$realpossible++;
+                                $syval=declutter($bighash{'map_id_'.$mapid}).
+                                       '___'.$resid;
+                            }
+			 }
+                     } @possibilities;
+		     if ($realpossible!=1) { $syval=''; }
                  }
 	      }
               untie(%bighash)