Index: openacs-4/packages/acs-templating/tcl/util-procs.tcl
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RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/openacs-4/packages/acs-templating/tcl/util-procs.tcl,v
diff -u -r1.26.2.5 -r1.26.2.6
--- openacs-4/packages/acs-templating/tcl/util-procs.tcl	6 Oct 2013 13:20:35 -0000	1.26.2.5
+++ openacs-4/packages/acs-templating/tcl/util-procs.tcl	16 Oct 2013 10:55:59 -0000	1.26.2.6
@@ -669,7 +669,11 @@
   
 }
 
-ad_proc -public template::util::get_param { name {section {}} {key {}} } {
+ad_proc -public template::util::get_param { 
+    name 
+    {section ""} 
+    {key ""} 
+} {
     Retreive a stored parameter, or "" if no such parameter
     If section/key are present, read the parameter from the specified
     section.key in the INI file, and cache them under the given name
@@ -678,10 +682,10 @@
   if { ![nsv_exists __template_config $name] } {
 
     # Extract the parameter from the ini file if possible
-    if { ![template::util::is_nil section] } {
+    if { $section ne "" } {
 
       # Use the name if no key is specified
-      if { [template::util::is_nil key] } {
+      if { $key ne "" } {
         set key $name
       }
 
@@ -713,7 +717,7 @@
     Analogous to SQL NVL
 } {
 
-  if { [template::util::is_nil value] } {
+  if { $value ne "" } {
     return $value_if_null
   } else {
     return $value