--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2005/04/12 00:20:00	1.622
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2005/04/15 20:46:04	1.623
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # TCP networking package
 #
-# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.622 2005/04/12 00:20:00 raeburn Exp $
+# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.623 2005/04/15 20:46:04 albertel Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -875,6 +875,9 @@ sub do_cache_new {
     if (!defined($setvalue)) {
 	$setvalue='__undef__';
     }
+    if (!defined($time) ) {
+	$time=600;
+    }
     if ($debug) { &Apache::lonnet::logthis("Setting $id to $value"); }
     $memcache->set($id,$setvalue,$time);
     # need to make a copy of $value
@@ -4292,7 +4295,7 @@ sub EXT {
 		if (!defined($cached)) {
 		    my %resourcedata=&dump('resourcedata',$udom,$uname);
 		    $result=\%resourcedata;
-		    &do_cache_new('userres',$hashid,$result);
+		    &do_cache_new('userres',$hashid,$result,600);
 		}
 		my ($tmp)=keys(%$result);
 		if (($tmp!~/^error\:/) && ($tmp!~/^con_lost/)) {
@@ -4620,7 +4623,7 @@ sub metadata {
 	$metaentry{':keys'}=join(',',keys %metathesekeys);
 	&metadata_generate_part0(\%metathesekeys,\%metaentry,$uri);
 	$metaentry{':allpossiblekeys'}=join(',',keys %metathesekeys);
-	&do_cache_new('meta',$uri,\%metaentry);
+	&do_cache_new('meta',$uri,\%metaentry,60*60*24);
 # this is the end of "was not already recently cached
     }
     return $metaentry{':'.$what};