--- trunk/lib/WebPAC/Normalize.pm	2007/04/11 10:09:34	819
+++ trunk/lib/WebPAC/Normalize.pm	2007/09/06 19:12:15	889
@@ -535,12 +535,14 @@
 	my ($f, $pos, $val) = @_;
 	die "need marc(field, position, value)" unless defined($f) && defined($pos);
 
+	confess "need val" unless defined $val;
+
 	my $update = 0;
 
 	map {
 		if ($_->[0] eq $f) {
 			my $old = $_->[1];
-			if (length($old) < $pos) {
+			if (length($old) <= $pos) {
 				$_->[1] .= ' ' x ( $pos - length($old) ) . $val;
 				warn "## marc_fixed($f,$pos,'$val') append '$old' -> '$_->[1]'\n" if ($debug > 1);
 			} else {
@@ -872,6 +874,9 @@
 
 	my ($h,$include_subfields) = @_;
 
+	# sanity and ease of use
+	return $h if (ref($h) ne 'HASH');
+
 	if ( defined($h->{subfields}) ) {
 		my $sfs = delete $h->{subfields} || die "no subfields?";
 		my @out;