Index: /trunk/pstamp/scripts/pstamp_insert_request.pl
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--- /trunk/pstamp/scripts/pstamp_insert_request.pl	(revision 36593)
+++ /trunk/pstamp/scripts/pstamp_insert_request.pl	(revision 36594)
@@ -45,4 +45,5 @@
 my $pstamptool = can_run('pstamptool')  or (warn "Can't find pstamptool"  and $missing_tools = 1);
 my $fields = can_run('fields')  or (warn "Can't find fields"  and $missing_tools = 1);
+my $fhead = can_run('fhead')  or (warn "Can't find fhead"  and $missing_tools = 1);
 
 if ($missing_tools) {
@@ -56,22 +57,62 @@
     # Note that if it's a pstamp request then REQ_NAME should be defined.
     # if it's a detectability query it will not have a REQ_NAME but will have a QUERY_ID
-    my $command = "echo $tmp_req_file | $fields -x 0 EXTNAME EXTVER REQ_NAME QUERY_ID";
+    # my $command = "echo $tmp_req_file | $fields -x 0 EXTNAME EXTVER REQ_NAME QUERY_ID";
+    my $command = "$fhead -x 0 $tmp_req_file";
     my ( $success, $error_code, $full_buf, $stdout_buf, $stderr_buf ) =
         run(command => $command, verbose => $verbose);
-if (0) {
-    # stoopid fields doesn't set exit status to zero when it works
     unless ($success) {
         print STDERR @$stderr_buf;
         exit $error_code >> 8;
     }
-}
     my $output = join "", @$stdout_buf;
-    (undef, $extname, $extver, $req_name) = split " ", $output;
+
+
+    my $makehash = 0;
+    my %hash;
+    foreach my $line (split "\n", $output) {
+        chomp $line;
+        # split lines inte left and right using equals sign. left is the keyword
+        my ($key, $right) = split "=", $line;
+            # skip if there was no '='
+        next if !$right;
+
+        $key =~ s/ //g;
+
+        # separate value from comment
+        my ($value, $comment) = split "/", $right;
+        # remove ' and space characters from key and value
+        $value =~ s/'//g;
+        $value =~ s/ //g;
+
+        #    print "$key $value\n";
+
+        # extract the values that we are looking for
+        $extname  = $value if ($key eq "EXTNAME");
+        $extver   = $value if ($key eq "EXTVER");
+        $req_name = $value if ($key eq "REQ_NAME");
+        $req_name = $value if ($key eq "QUERY_ID");
+
+        # optionally build hash. Duplicate keys get the last value seen
+        if ($makehash) {
+            $hash{$key} = $value;
+        }
+    }
+
+    # (undef, $extname, $extver, $req_name) = split " ", $output;
+
     if (!$extname or ! (($extname eq "PS1_PS_REQUEST") or ($extname eq "MOPS_DETECTABILITY_QUERY"))) {
         print STDERR "invalid request file\n";
+        print "invalid request file\n";
         exit $PS_EXIT_DATA_ERROR;
     }
+
     if (!defined $req_name) {
         print STDERR "invalid request file no REQ_NAME or QUERY_ID\n";
+        print "invalid request file no REQ_NAME or QUERY_ID\n";
+        exit $PS_EXIT_DATA_ERROR;
+    }
+    if (!defined $extver) {
+        print STDERR "invalid request file no EXTVER found\n";
+        print "invalid request file no EXTVER found\n";
         exit $PS_EXIT_DATA_ERROR;
     }
@@ -119,4 +160,5 @@
 
 exit 0;
+
 # Ask the database for the next web request number
 sub get_webreq_num