--- ECHO_content/ECHO_collection.py	2008/11/07 14:51:54	1.295
+++ ECHO_content/ECHO_collection.py	2008/11/16 12:15:42	1.296
@@ -422,7 +422,15 @@ class ECHO_resource(CatalogAware,Folder,
     default_catalog='resourceCatalog'
     
 #    viewClassificationList=viewClassificationListMaster
-
+    def setPID(self,pid):
+        """set the pid"""
+        self.pid=pid
+        return True
+        
+    def getPID(self):
+        """get the pid"""
+        return getattr(self,'pid',None)
+        
     def PrincipiaSearchSource(self):
            """Return cataloguable key for ourselves."""
            return str(self)
@@ -3531,8 +3539,10 @@ class ECHO_root(Folder,Persistent,Implic
             """ret attribute if existing"""
             try:
                     
-                    return getattr(found,field).decode('ascii','ignore')
+                    return getattr(found,field)#.decode('utf-8','ignore')
             except:
+                    logging.error("can't: decode: %s"%repr(field))
+                    logging.error("      %s %s"%(sys.exc_info()[0],sys.exc_info()[1]))
                     return ""
 
     security.declarePublic('getImageTag')