May avoid a cookie issue

diff --git a/course/view.php b/course/view.php
index 8a2b14232b1c8fa5d9109c276f70a629ab56d1b1..134fe3fbfd2f17bc1431589e479fbd603dacdca5 100644 (file)
--- a/course/view.php
+++ b/course/view.php
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
         error("Must specify course id or short name");
     }
 
-    if ($name) {
+    if (!empty($_GET['name'])) {
         if (! $course = get_record("course", "shortname", $name) ) {
             error("That's an invalid short course name");
         }