--- ECHO_content/ECHO_collection.py	2008/01/16 16:10:14	1.293
+++ 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)
@@ -1386,10 +1394,7 @@ class ECHO_resource(CatalogAware,Folder,
                    
                    ret= self.metaDataHash.get(fieldNameTest,empty)
                
-            if type(ret) is StringType:
-               return ret.decode('utf-8')
-            else:
-               return ret
+            return unicodify(ret)
 
     getFieldValue=getMDValue #depricated
 
@@ -2594,8 +2599,24 @@ class ECHO_collection(CatalogAware, Fold
             manage_addECHO_resource(self,id,title,label,description,responsible,link,metalink,weight,credits=None,coords=None,RESPONSE=None)
             return "done"
         except:
-            return None
+        	logging.error("ECHOcollection: (AddResource): %s %s"%sys.exc_info()[0:2])
+        	return None
 
+    def addResourceAndCreateLabelAndTitle(self,id,title,label,description,contentType,responsible,link,metalink,weight,credits=None,coords=None,RESPONSE=None):
+        """SSS"""
+        ret = self.addResource(id,title,label,description,contentType,responsible,link,metalink,weight,credits,coords,RESPONSE)
+        if ret is None:
+        	return None
+        
+        try:
+        	server2=getattr(self,id)
+        	server2.copyIndex_meta2echo_resource()
+        	server2.generate_label()
+        	server2.generate_title()
+    	except:
+	    	  logging.error("An Error occured adding the resource A\n %s %s"%sys.exc_info()[0:2])
+	    	  return None
+        return "done"
     def getSecondaryLink(self):
         """secondary link"""
         try:
@@ -3518,8 +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')