Index: openacs-4/packages/ams/tcl/ams-procs.tcl
===================================================================
RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/openacs-4/packages/ams/tcl/ams-procs.tcl,v
diff -u -r1.45 -r1.46
--- openacs-4/packages/ams/tcl/ams-procs.tcl	31 Mar 2006 22:08:00 -0000	1.45
+++ openacs-4/packages/ams/tcl/ams-procs.tcl	5 Apr 2006 19:20:46 -0000	1.46
@@ -52,11 +52,15 @@
 } {
     get the help_text of an attribute.
 } {
-    set help_text [lang::util::localize "#acs-translations.ams_attribute_${attribute_id}_help_text#"]
-    if {[string match "MESSAGE KEY MISSING*" $help_text]} {
+    if { $attribute_id eq "" } {
 	return ""
     } else {
-	return $help_text
+	set help_text [lang::util::localize "#acs-translations.ams_attribute_${attribute_id}_help_text#"]
+	if {[string match "MESSAGE KEY MISSING*" $help_text]} {
+	    return ""
+	} else {
+	    return $help_text
+	}
     }
 }
 
@@ -133,9 +137,9 @@
 	 set edit_url ""
      }
      return $edit_url
- }
+}
 
- ad_proc -public ams::util::localize_and_sort_list_of_lists {
+ad_proc -public ams::util::localize_and_sort_list_of_lists {
      {-list}
      {-position "0"}
  } {