--- /Data/Projects_Arthur/TWiki Subversion/twiki/lib/TWiki/Search.pm    Fri Apr 22 22:00:38 2005
+++ /Users/arthurclemens/Desktop/TWiki patches/Search.pm        Tue Apr 26 21:27:37 2005
@@ -365,6 +365,7 @@
     my $noHeader =      $params{noheader} || '';
     my $noSearch =      $params{nosearch} || '';
     my $noSummary =     $params{nosummary} || '';
+    my $noZeroResults = $params{nozeroresults} || '';
     my $noTotal =       $params{nototal} || '';
     my $newLine =       $params{newline} || '';
     my $theOrder =      $params{order} || '';
@@ -452,7 +453,7 @@
 
     my $output = '';
     my $tmpl = '';
-    my $topicCount = 0;
+    #my $topicCount = 0; # SMELL: not used??
 
     my $originalSearch = $theSearchVal;
     my $spacedTopic;
@@ -896,6 +897,8 @@
                 }
             }
         }
+        
+        return '' if ( $ntopics == 0 && $noZeroResults );
     }
 
     if( $theFormat ) {