--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2000/11/14 14:58:59	1.61
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2000/11/14 15:58:39	1.62
@@ -1368,6 +1368,7 @@ sub symbread {
     my %hash;
     my %bighash;
     my $syval='';
+    my $parms='';
     if (($ENV{'request.course.fn'}) && ($thisfn)) {
         if (tie(%hash,'GDBM_File',$ENV{'request.course.fn'}.'_symb.db',
                       &GDBM_READER,0640)) {
@@ -1395,6 +1396,7 @@ sub symbread {
                  if ($#possibilities==0) {
 # ----------------------------------------------- There is only one possibility
 		     my ($mapid,$resid)=split(/\./,$ids);
+                     $parms=$bighash{'param_'.$ids};
                      $syval=declutter($bighash{'map_id_'.$mapid}).'___'.$resid;
                  } else {
 # ------------------------------------------ There is more than one possibility
@@ -1405,6 +1407,7 @@ sub symbread {
          		    my ($mapid,$resid)=split(/\./,$_);
                             if ($bighash{'map_type_'.$mapid} ne 'page') {
 				$realpossible++;
+                                $parms=$bighash{'param_'.$_};
                                 $syval=declutter($bighash{'map_id_'.$mapid}).
                                        '___'.$resid;
                             }
@@ -1416,7 +1419,12 @@ sub symbread {
               untie(%bighash)
            } 
         }
-        if ($syval) { return $syval.'___'.$thisfn; }
+        if ($syval) {
+           if ($parms) {
+	       &appendparms($syval.'___'.$thisfn,$parms);
+           }
+           return $syval.'___'.$thisfn; 
+        }
     }
     &appenv('request.ambiguous' => $thisfn);
     return '';