Index: openacs-4/packages/acs-templating/tcl/list-procs.tcl
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RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/openacs-4/packages/acs-templating/tcl/list-procs.tcl,v
diff -u -r1.63 -r1.64
--- openacs-4/packages/acs-templating/tcl/list-procs.tcl	1 Oct 2017 12:16:05 -0000	1.63
+++ openacs-4/packages/acs-templating/tcl/list-procs.tcl	21 Dec 2017 08:51:21 -0000	1.64
@@ -524,11 +524,11 @@
 
         if { $orderby_direction eq "" } {
 
-            if {[catch {
+            ad_try {
                 template::list::orderby::get_reference \
                     -list_name $name \
                     -orderby_name $orderby_name
-            } errorMsg]} {
+            } on error {errorMsg] {
                 ad_page_contract_handle_datasource_error $errorMsg
                 ad_script_abort
             }
@@ -617,7 +617,7 @@
         # this was failing if the template::list call contained a
         # page_query with an empty page_query_name
         uplevel $ulevel [list template::paginator create \
-                             --dummy--query--name-- \
+                             templating-paginator-$name \
                              $list_properties(paginator_name) \
                              $list_properties(page_query_substed) \
                              -pagesize $list_properties(page_size) \