--- ECHO_content/ECHO_helpers.py	2005/01/21 17:56:01	1.36
+++ ECHO_content/ECHO_helpers.py	2005/02/03 11:34:00	1.38
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ class ECHO_basis:
         
     def getTitle(self):
 	"""title"""
+	return self.decode(self.title)
 	try:
 		return self.title.encode('utf-8','ignore') 
 	except:
@@ -105,6 +106,8 @@ class ECHO_basis:
 	
     def getLabel(self):
 	"""title"""
+
+	return self.decode(self.label)
 	try:
 		return self.label.encode('utf-8','ignore') 
 	except:
@@ -388,8 +391,14 @@ def checkOnlyOneInGroup(object):
 def getSubCols(self, sortfield="weight", subColTypes=displayTypes, sortFieldMD=None):
 
 	def sortfnc(sortfield,x,y):
-		xa=x[1].getMDValue(sortfield)
-		ya=y[1].getMDValue(sortfield)
+		try:
+			xa=x[1].getMDValue(sortfield)
+		except:
+			xa=""
+		try:
+			ya=y[1].getMDValue(sortfield)
+		except:
+			ya=""
 		#print xa,ya
 		return cmp(xa,ya)