--- MPIWGWeb/MPIWGProjects.py	2006/11/08 21:04:23	1.47.2.66
+++ MPIWGWeb/MPIWGProjects.py	2006/11/09 15:16:26	1.47.2.67
@@ -2462,7 +2462,9 @@ class MPIWGProject(CatalogAware,Folder):
                 
                 setattr(self,x,[self.REQUEST[x].decode('utf-8')])
 
-        self.en.changeHistoricalNames(self.getId(),self.REQUEST['historicalNames'].split("\n"))
+
+        if self.REQUEST.has_key('historicalNames'):
+            self.en.changeHistoricalNames(self.getId(),self.REQUEST['historicalNames'].split("\n"))
         
         if self.REQUEST.has_key('active'):
             self.setActiveFlag(True)
@@ -2604,4 +2606,4 @@ def manage_addMPIWGProject(self,id,RESPO
 
     
     if RESPONSE is not None:
-        RESPONSE.redirect('manage_main')
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+        RESPONSE.redirect('manage_main')