From ee067d86eea2ae66595bffa3abd6c3c0a2c4753c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Seb Bacon <seb@seb-laptop-acer.(none)>
Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2010 09:58:05 +0000
Subject: Make default value an empty string, not nil (which is assumed to be
 an unset value)

---
 app/controllers/application_controller.rb | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'app/controllers/application_controller.rb')

diff --git a/app/controllers/application_controller.rb b/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
index f6f99573e..8af2af528 100644
--- a/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
 
     # 
     def check_read_only
-        read_only = MySociety::Config.get('READ_ONLY', nil)
+        read_only = MySociety::Config.get('READ_ONLY', '')
         if !read_only.empty?
             flash[:notice] = "<p>WhatDoTheyKnow is currently in maintenance. You can only view existing requests. You cannot make new ones, add followups or annotations, or otherwise change the database.</p> <p>" + read_only + "</p>"
             redirect_to frontpage_url
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