--- MPIWGWeb/MPIWGStaff.py	2012/03/22 13:37:46	1.10.2.83
+++ MPIWGWeb/MPIWGStaff.py	2012/03/22 13:58:50	1.10.2.85
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ class MPIWGStaff(CatalogAware,ZSQLExtend
     meta_type="MPIWGStaff"
     default_catalog='MembersCatalog'
     departmentList=departmentList
-    _v_cone=None;
+    #_v_cone=None;
     security=ClassSecurityInfo()
     
     def redirect(self,RESPONSE,url):
@@ -329,16 +329,18 @@ class MPIWGStaff(CatalogAware,ZSQLExtend
         
         self.coneService=getattr(self, "coneServiceURL",coneService)
         logging.debug("coneservice:"+self.coneService)
-        if self._v_cone==None:
+        
+        if getattr(self,'_v_cone',None)==None:
             try:  
                 
-                self._v_cone=cone=SrvTxtUtils.getHttpData(self.coneService+self.getPersonID())
+                self._v_cone=SrvTxtUtils.getHttpData(self.coneService+self.getPersonID())
                 #cone = urllib2.urlopen(self.coneService+self.getPersonID())              
                 #self._v_cone=cone.read()
                 if self._v_cone==None:
                     self._v_cone=""
             except:
-                return None
+                self._v_cone=""
+                return ""
             
         return self._v_cone