diff --git a/modules/webalert/lib/alert_engine.py b/modules/webalert/lib/alert_engine.py
index 55a6e982a..5950e0e1b 100644
--- a/modules/webalert/lib/alert_engine.py
+++ b/modules/webalert/lib/alert_engine.py
@@ -1,444 +1,444 @@
 ## $Id$
 ## Alert engine implementation.
 
 ## This file is part of the CERN Document Server Software (CDSware).
 ## Copyright (C) 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 CERN.
 ##
 ## The CDSware is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 ## modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
 ## published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
 ## License, or (at your option) any later version.
 ##
 ## The CDSware is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
 ## WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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 ## General Public License for more details.  
 ##
 ## You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 ## along with CDSware; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
 ## 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
 
 """Alert engine implementation."""
 
 ## rest of the Python code goes below
 
 __version__ = "$Id$"
 
 from cgi import parse_qs
 from sre import search, sub
 from time import localtime, strftime, mktime, sleep
+from string import split
 import smtplib
 
 from cdsware.config import *
 from cdsware.search_engine import perform_request_search
 from cdsware.dbquery import run_sql
 from cdsware.htmlparser import *
-from cdsware.string import split
 
 MAXIDS = 50
 FROMADDR = 'CDS Alert Engine <%s>' % alertengineemail
 ALERTURL = weburl + '/youralerts.py/list'
 DEVELOPERADDR = [supportemail]
 
 # Debug levels:
 # 0 = production, nothing on the console, email sent
 # 1 = messages on the console, email sent
 # 2 = messages on the console, but no email sent
 # 3 = many messages on the console, no email sent
 # 4 = many messages on the console, email sent to DEVELOPERADDR
 DEBUGLEVEL = 0
 
 
 def update_date_lastrun(alert):
     return run_sql('update user_query_basket set date_lastrun=%s where id_user=%s and id_query=%s and id_basket=%s;', (strftime("%Y-%m-%d"), alert[0], alert[1], alert[2],))
 
 
 def get_alert_queries(frequency):
     return run_sql('select distinct id, urlargs from query q, user_query_basket uqb where q.id=uqb.id_query and uqb.frequency=%s and uqb.date_lastrun <= now();', (frequency,))
     
 def get_alert_queries_for_user(uid):
     return run_sql('select distinct id, urlargs, uqb.frequency from query q, user_query_basket uqb where q.id=uqb.id_query and uqb.id_user=%s and uqb.date_lastrun <= now();', (uid,))
 
 def get_alerts(query, frequency):
     r = run_sql('select id_user, id_query, id_basket, frequency, date_lastrun, alert_name, notification from user_query_basket where id_query=%s and frequency=%s;', (query['id_query'], frequency,))
     return {'alerts': r, 'records': query['records'], 'argstr': query['argstr'], 'date_from': query['date_from'], 'date_until': query['date_until']}
 
     
 # def add_record_to_basket(record_id, basket_id):
 #     if DEBUGLEVEL > 0:
 #         print "-> adding record %s into basket %s" % (record_id, basket_id)
 #     try:
 #         return run_sql('insert into basket_record (id_basket, id_record) values(%s, %s);', (basket_id, record_id,))
 #     except:
 #         return 0
 
     
 # def add_records_to_basket(record_ids, basket_id):
 #     # TBD: generate the list and all all records in one step (see below)
 #     for i in record_ids:
 #         add_record_to_basket(i, basket_id)
 
 # Optimized version:
 def add_records_to_basket(record_ids, basket_id):
     global DEBUGLEVEL
   
     nrec = len(record_ids)
     if nrec > 0:
         vals = '(%s,%s)' % (basket_id, record_ids[0])
         if nrec > 1:
             for i in record_ids[1:]:
                 vals += ',(%s, %s)' % (basket_id, i)
         if DEBUGLEVEL > 0:
             print "-> adding %s records into basket %s: %s" % (nrec, basket_id, vals)
         try:
             if DEBUGLEVEL < 4:
                 return run_sql('insert into basket_record (id_basket, id_record) values %s;' % vals) # Cannot use the run_sql(<query>, (<arg>,)) form for some reason
             else:
                 print '   NOT ADDED, DEBUG LEVEL == 4'
                 return 0
         except:
             return 0
     else:
         return 0
     
 
 def get_email(uid):
     r = run_sql('select email from user where id=%s', (uid,))
     return r[0][0]
 
 def get_query(alert_id):
     r = run_sql('select urlargs from query where id=%s', (alert_id,))
     return r[0][0]
 
 def send_email(fromaddr, toaddr, body, attempt=0):
     global DEBUGLEVEL
 
     if attempt > 2:
         log('error sending email to %s: SMTP error; gave up after 3 attempts' % toaddr)
         return
     
     try:
         server = smtplib.SMTP('localhost')
         if DEBUGLEVEL > 2:
             server.set_debuglevel(1)
         else:
             server.set_debuglevel(0)
             
         server.sendmail(fromaddr, toaddr, body)
         server.quit()
     except:
         if (DEBUGLEVEL > 1):
             print 'Error connecting to SMTP server, attempt %s retrying in 5 minutes. Exception raised: %s' % (attempt, sys.exc_info()[0])
         sleep(300)
         send_email(fromaddr, toaddr, body, attempt+1)
         return
 
 
 def forge_email(fromaddr, toaddr, subject, content):
     body = 'From: %s\nTo: %s\nContent-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8\nSubject: %s\n%s' % (fromaddr, toaddr, subject, content)
     return body
 
 
 def format_frequency(freq):
     frequency = freq
     if frequency == "day":
         return 'daily'
     else:
         return frequency + 'ly'
 
 
 def print_records(record_ids):
     global MAXIDS
     msg = ''
     c = 1
     for i in record_ids:
         if c > MAXIDS:
             break
         msg += '\n\n%s) %s' % (c, get_as_text(i))
         c += 1
 
     if c > MAXIDS:
         msg += '\n\n' + wrap('Only the first %s records were displayed.  Please consult the search URL given at the top of this email to see all the results.' % MAXIDS)
 
     return msg
 
 
 
 def email_notify(alert, records, argstr):
     global FROMADDR
     global ALERTURL
     global DEBUGLEVEL
     global DEVELOPERADDR
 
     if len(records) == 0:
         return
 
     msg = ""
     
     if DEBUGLEVEL > 0:
         msg = "*** THIS MESSAGE WAS SENT IN DEBUG MODE ***\n\n"
 
     msg += "Hello\n\n"
     msg += wrap("Below are the results of the email alert that you set up with the CERN Document Server.  This is an automatic message, please don't reply to its address.  For any question, use <%s> instead." % supportemail)
 
     email = get_email(alert[0])
         
     url = weburl + "/search.py?" + argstr
     pattern = get_pattern(argstr)
     catalogue = get_catalogue(argstr)
     catword = 'collection'
     if get_catalogue_num(argstr) > 1:
         catword += 's'
     
     time = strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
 
     msg += '\n' + wrap('alert name: %s' % alert[5])
     if pattern:
         msg += wrap('pattern: %s' % pattern)
     if catalogue:
         msg += wrap('%s: %s' % (catword, catalogue))
     msg += wrap('frequency: %s ' % format_frequency(alert[3]))
     msg += wrap('run time: %s ' % strftime("%a %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"))
     recword = 'record'
     if len(records) > 1:
         recword += 's'
     msg += wrap('found: %s %s' % (len(records), recword))
     msg += "url: <%s/search.py?%s>\n" % (weburl, argstr)
 
     msg += wrap_records(print_records(records))
 
     msg += "\n-- \nCERN Document Server Alert Service <%s>\nUnsubscribe?  See <%s>\nNeed human intervention?  Contact <%s>" % (weburl, ALERTURL, supportemail)
 
     subject = 'Alert %s run on %s' % (alert[5], time)
     
     body = forge_email(FROMADDR, email, subject, msg)
 
     if DEBUGLEVEL > 0:
         print "********************************************************************************"
         print body
         print "********************************************************************************"
 
     if DEBUGLEVEL < 2:
         send_email(FROMADDR, email, body)
     if DEBUGLEVEL == 4:
         for a in DEVELOPERADDR:
             send_email(FROMADDR, a, body)
 
 def get_argument(args, argname):
     if args.has_key(argname):
         return args[argname]
     else:
         return []
     
 def get_record_ids(argstr, date_from, date_until):
     args = parse_qs(argstr)
     p       = get_argument(args, 'p')
     c       = get_argument(args, 'c')
     cc      = get_argument(args, 'cc')
     as      = get_argument(args, 'as')
     f       = get_argument(args, 'f')
     rg      = get_argument(args, 'rg')
     so      = get_argument(args, 'so')
     sp      = get_argument(args, 'sp')
     ot      = get_argument(args, 'ot')
     as      = get_argument(args, 'as')
     p1      = get_argument(args, 'p1')
     f1      = get_argument(args, 'f1')
     m1      = get_argument(args, 'm1')
     op1     = get_argument(args, 'op1')
     p2      = get_argument(args, 'p2')
     f2      = get_argument(args, 'f2')
     m2      = get_argument(args, 'm2')
     op2     = get_argument(args, 'op2')
     p3      = get_argument(args, 'p3')
     f3      = get_argument(args, 'f3')
     m3      = get_argument(args, 'm3')
     sc      = get_argument(args, 'sc')
     # search  = get_argument(args, 'search')
 
     d1y, d1m, d1d = date_from
     d2y, d2m, d2d = date_until
 
     return perform_request_search(of='id', p=p, c=c, cc=cc, f=f, so=so, sp=sp, ot=ot, as=as, p1=p1, f1=f1, m1=m1, op1=op1, p2=p2, f2=f2, m2=m2, op2=op2, p3=p3, f3=f3, m3=m3, sc=sc, d1y=d1y, d1m=d1m, d1d=d1d, d2y=d2y, d2m=d2m, d2d=d2d)
 
 
 def get_argument_as_string(argstr, argname):
     args = parse_qs(argstr)
     a = get_argument(args, argname)
     r = ''
     if len(a):
         r = a[0]
     for i in a[1:len(a)]:
         r += ", %s" % i
     return r
     
 def get_pattern(argstr):
     return get_argument_as_string(argstr, 'p')
 
 def get_catalogue(argstr):
     return get_argument_as_string(argstr, 'c')
 
 def get_catalogue_num(argstr):
     args = parse_qs(argstr)
     a = get_argument(args, 'c')
     return len(a)
 
 def get_date_from(time, freq):
     t = mktime(time)
     if freq == 'day':
         time2 = localtime(t - 86400)
     elif freq == 'month':
         m = time[1] - 1
         y = time[0]
         if m == 0:
             m = 12
             y -= 1
         time2 = (y, m, time[2], time[3], time[4], time[5], time[6], time[7], time[8])
     elif freq == 'week':
         time2 = localtime(t - 604800)
         
     ystr = strftime("%Y", time2)
     mstr = strftime("%m", time2)
     dstr = strftime("%d", time2)
 
     return (ystr, mstr, dstr)
 
 def run_query(query, frequency):
     """Return a dictionary containing the information of the performed query.
 
     The information contains the id of the query, the arguments as a
     string, and the list of found records."""
 
     time = localtime()
     # Override time here for testing purposes (beware of localtime offset):
     #time = (2002, 12, 21, 2, 0, 0, 2, 120, 1)
     # Override frequency here for testing
     #frequency = 'week'
     ystr = strftime("%Y", time)
     mstr = strftime("%m", time)
     dstr = strftime("%d", time)
     date_until = (ystr, mstr, dstr)
     
     date_from = get_date_from(time, frequency)
 
     recs = get_record_ids(query[1], date_from, date_until)
 
     n = len(recs)
     if n:
         log('query %08s produced %08s records' % (query[0], len(recs)))
     
     if DEBUGLEVEL > 2:
         print "[%s] run query: %s with dates: from=%s, until=%s\n  found rec ids: %s" % (strftime("%c"), query, date_from, date_until, recs)
 
     return {'id_query': query[0], 'argstr': query[1], 'records': recs, 'date_from': date_from, 'date_until': date_until}
 
 
 def process_alert_queries(frequency):
     """Run the alerts according to the frequency.
 
     Retrieves the queries for which an alert exists, performs it, and
     processes the corresponding alerts."""
     
     alert_queries = get_alert_queries(frequency)
 
     for aq in alert_queries:
         q = run_query(aq, frequency)
         alerts = get_alerts(q, frequency)
         process_alerts(alerts)
 
 
 def replace_argument(argstr, argname, argval):
     """Replace the given date argument value with the new one.
 
     If the argument is missing, it is added."""
     
     if search('%s=\d+' % argname, argstr):
         r = sub('%s=\d+' % argname, '%s=%s' % (argname, argval), argstr)
     else:
         r = argstr + '&%s=%s' % (argname, argval)
         
     return r
     
 def update_arguments(argstr, date_from, date_until):
     """Replace date arguments in argstr with the ones specified by date_from and date_until.
 
     Absent arguments are added."""
     
     d1y, d1m, d1d = date_from
     d2y, d2m, d2d = date_until
 
     r = replace_argument(argstr, 'd1y', d1y)
     r = replace_argument(r, 'd1m', d1m)
     r = replace_argument(r, 'd1d', d1d)
     r = replace_argument(r, 'd2y', d2y)
     r = replace_argument(r, 'd2m', d2m)
     r = replace_argument(r, 'd2d', d2d)
         
     return r
 
 def log(msg):
     try:
         log = open(logdir + '/alertengine.log', 'a')
         log.write(strftime('%04Y%02m%02d%02H%02M%02S#'))
         log.write(msg + '\n')
         log.close()
     except:
         pass
     
 def process_alerts(alerts):
     # TBD: do not generate the email each time, forge it once and then
     # send it to all appropriate people
 
     for a in alerts['alerts']:
         if alert_use_basket_p(a):
             add_records_to_basket(alerts['records'], a[2])
         if alert_use_notification_p(a):
             argstr = update_arguments(alerts['argstr'], alerts['date_from'], alerts['date_until'])
             email_notify(a, alerts['records'], argstr)
             
         update_date_lastrun(a)
 
         
 def alert_use_basket_p(alert):
     return alert[2] != 0
 
 
 def alert_use_notification_p(alert):
     return alert[6] == 'y'
 
 
 def run_alerts():
     """Run the alerts.
 
     First decide which alerts to run according to the current local
     time, and runs them."""
     
     t = localtime()
     if t[2] == 1: # first of the month
         process_alert_queries('month')
         
     t = strftime("%A")
     if t == 'Monday': # first day of the week
         process_alert_queries('week')
         
     process_alert_queries('day')
 
 def process_alert_queries_for_user(uid):
     """Process the alerts for the given user id.
 
     All alerts are with reference date set as the current local time."""
     
     alert_queries = get_alert_queries_for_user(uid)
     print alert_queries
 
     for aq in alert_queries:
         frequency = aq[2]
         q = run_query(aq, frequency)
         alerts = get_alerts(q, frequency)
         process_alerts(alerts)
 
     
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     process_alert_queries_for_user(2571422) # erik
     process_alert_queries_for_user(109) # tibor
     # process_alert_queries_for_user(11040) # jean-yves