--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2006/03/03 23:22:18	1.714
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2006/03/04 01:00:15	1.715
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # TCP networking package
 #
-# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.714 2006/03/03 23:22:18 raeburn Exp $
+# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.715 2006/03/04 01:00:15 albertel Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -2996,25 +2996,29 @@ sub newput {
 # ---------------------------------------------------------  putstore interface
 
 sub putstore {
-   my ($namespace,$storehash,$udomain,$uname)=@_;
+   my ($namespace,$symb,$version,$storehash,$udomain,$uname)=@_;
    if (!$udomain) { $udomain=$env{'user.domain'}; }
    if (!$uname) { $uname=$env{'user.name'}; }
    my $uhome=&homeserver($uname,$udomain);
    my $items='';
-   my %allitems = ();
-   foreach (keys %$storehash) {
-       if ($_ =~ m/^([^\:]+):([^\:]+):([^\:]+)$/) {
-           my $key = $1.':keys:'.$2;
-           $allitems{$key} .= $3.':';
-       }
-       $items.=$_.'='.&freeze_escape($$storehash{$_}).'&';
-   }
-   foreach (keys %allitems) {
-       $allitems{$_} =~ s/\:$//;
-       $items.= $_.'='.$allitems{$_}.'&';
+   foreach my $key (keys(%$storehash)) {
+       $items.= &escape($key).'='.&freeze_escape($storehash->{$key}).'&';
    }
    $items=~s/\&$//;
-   return &reply("put:$udomain:$uname:$namespace:$items",$uhome);
+   $symb=&escape($symb);
+   $version=&escape($version);
+   my $reply =
+       &reply("putstore:$udomain:$uname:$namespace:$symb:$version:$items",
+	      $uhome);
+   if ($reply eq 'unknown_cmd') {
+       return &old_putstore($namespace,$symb,$version,$storehash,$udomain,
+			    $uname);
+   }
+   return $reply;
+}
+
+sub old_putstore {
+    
 }
 
 # ------------------------------------------------------ critical put interface
@@ -3026,7 +3030,7 @@ sub cput {
    my $uhome=&homeserver($uname,$udomain);
    my $items='';
    foreach (keys %$storehash) {
-       $items.=escape($_).'='.&freeze_escape($$storehash{$_}).'&';
+       $items.=&escape($_).'='.&freeze_escape($$storehash{$_}).'&';
    }
    $items=~s/\&$//;
    return &critical("put:$udomain:$uname:$namespace:$items",$uhome);
@@ -4910,8 +4914,8 @@ sub EXT_cache_set {
 
 # --------------------------------------------------------- Value of a Variable
 sub EXT {
-    my ($varname,$symbparm,$udom,$uname,$usection,$recurse)=@_;
 
+    my ($varname,$symbparm,$udom,$uname,$usection,$recurse)=@_;
     unless ($varname) { return ''; }
     #get real user name/domain, courseid and symb
     my $courseid;