#192 Navbar errors out when the author is unknown

[Ahasuerus]

The left navbar errors out on the Summary Biblio page when the requested author doesn't exist in the database. This happens whether the author is identified by name or by ID:

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<type 'exceptions.TypeError'> Python 2.5: /usr/bin/python
Fri Dec 10 09:10:39 2010

A problem occurred in a Python script. Here is the sequence of function calls leading up to the error, in the order they occurred.
/var/www/cgi-bin/ea.cgi in ()
42 bib.loadAuthorData(author)
43 if bib.au_id == -1:
44 PrintNavbar('author', author, 0, 'ea.cgi', author)
45 print "<h2>Author not found: %s</h2>" % author
46 PrintTrailer('author', author, 0)
PrintNavbar = <function PrintNavbar at 0x820b3e4>, author = '433999'
/var/www/cgi-bin/common.py in PrintNavbar(type='author', arg1='433999', arg2=0, executable='ea.cgi', argument='433999')
378 print '</div>'
379 print '<ul class="navbar">'
380 displayAuthor2(arg1, "ea.cgi", "Summary")
381 displayAuthor2(arg1, "eaw.cgi", "Awards")
382 displayAuthor2(arg1, "ae.cgi", "Alphabetical")
global displayAuthor2 = <function displayAuthor2 at 0x820b614>, arg1 = '433999'
/var/www/cgi-bin/common.py in displayAuthor2(author='433999', app='ea.cgi', label='Summary')
617 def displayAuthor2(author, app, label):
618 author_data = SQLgetAuthorData(author)
619 print '<li><a href="http:/%s/%s?%s">%s</a>' % (HTFAKE, app, author_data[AUTHOR_ID], label)
620
621 def displayCollabs(collabs, series_display):
global HTFAKE = '/www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin', app = 'ea.cgi', author_data = 0, global AUTHOR_ID = 0, label = 'Summary'

[Ahasuerus]

Fixed in r2010-76.