--- no_pager/index.cgi	2006/08/16 21:34:37	15
+++ no_pager/index.cgi	2006/08/16 22:26:45	17
@@ -27,17 +27,26 @@
 
 #warn "config = ", dump($config);
 
+sub json {
+	return
+	'<textarea id="json" style="display:none">' .
+	$q->escapeHTML( JSON::Syck::Dump( $v ) ) .
+	'</textarea>';
+}
+
 sub get_results {
 	my ($search, $page) = @_;
 
-	if (! $search) {
+	warn "get_results( $search , $page )\n";
+
+	if (! $search || $search =~ m/^\s*$/) {
 		$v->{status} = 'Enter search query';
-		return;
+		return('', json);
 	}
 
 	if (! $page) {
 		$v->{status} = 'Error: no page number?';
-		return;
+		return('', json);
 	}
 
 	$search = join(" AND ", split(/\s+/, $search)) unless ($search =~ m/(?:AND|OR|\[|\])/);
@@ -119,11 +128,7 @@
 		$out .= 'error: ' . $node->status;
 	}
 
-	$json = '<textarea id="json" style="display:none">' .
-		$q->escapeHTML( JSON::Syck::Dump( $v ) ) .
-		'</textarea>';
-
-	return ($out,$json);
+	return ($out,json);
 
 }
 
@@ -139,7 +144,14 @@
 
 } else {
 
-	my ($get_results, $json) = get_results( $q->param('search'), 1 );
+	my ($get_results,$json);
+
+	if ($q->param('search')) {
+		($get_results, $json) = get_results( $q->param('search'), 1 );
+	} else {
+		$v->{status} = 'Enter search query';
+		($get_results, $json) = ('', json);
+	}
 
 	my $f = $q->path_info;
 	$f =~ s/\W+//g;