--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2004/09/24 15:51:11	1.523.2.7
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2004/11/06 01:14:05	1.523.2.9
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # TCP networking package
 #
-# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.523.2.7 2004/09/24 15:51:11 albertel Exp $
+# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.523.2.9 2004/11/06 01:14:05 albertel Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -795,11 +795,11 @@ sub getsection {
         if ($key eq $courseid.'_st') { $section=''; }
         my ($dummy,$end,$start)=split(/\_/,&unescape($value));
         my $now=time;
-        if (defined($end) && ($now > $end)) {
+        if (defined($end) && $end && ($now > $end)) {
             $Expired{$end}=$section;
             next;
         }
-        if (defined($start) && ($now < $start)) {
+        if (defined($start) && $start && ($now < $start)) {
             $Pending{$start}=$section;
             next;
         }
@@ -4762,10 +4762,16 @@ sub get_rand_alg {
     return &latest_rnd_algorithm_id();
 }
 
+sub validCODE {
+    my ($CODE)=@_;
+    if (defined($CODE) && $CODE ne '' && $CODE =~ /^\w+$/) { return 1; }
+    return 0;
+}
+
 sub getCODE {
-    if (defined($ENV{'form.CODE'})) { return $ENV{'form.CODE'}; }
+    if (&validCODE($ENV{'form.CODE'})) { return $ENV{'form.CODE'}; }
     if (defined($Apache::lonhomework::parsing_a_problem) &&
-	defined($Apache::lonhomework::history{'resource.CODE'})) {
+	&validCODE($Apache::lonhomework::history{'resource.CODE'})) {
 	return $Apache::lonhomework::history{'resource.CODE'};
     }
     return undef;