From d79961ff0bd121a17b59c13b79b3314236e1571e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Doug Blank <doug.blank@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2010 12:38:04 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Add empty date for fallback wrapper in SimpleAccess where
 there is no event

svn: r15035
---
 src/Simple/_SimpleAccess.py | 16 ++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/Simple/_SimpleAccess.py b/src/Simple/_SimpleAccess.py
index efc954448..07f276405 100644
--- a/src/Simple/_SimpleAccess.py
+++ b/src/Simple/_SimpleAccess.py
@@ -528,8 +528,12 @@ class SimpleAccess(object):
         """
         if type(person) in [str, unicode]: 
             person = self.dbase.get_person_from_handle(person)
-        return gen.utils.get_birth_or_fallback(self.dbase, 
-                                               person, "<i>%s</i>").date
+        event = gen.utils.get_birth_or_fallback(self.dbase, 
+                                                person, "<i>%s</i>")
+        if event:
+            return event.date
+        else:
+            return gen.lib.Date()
 
     def birth_place(self, person):
         """
@@ -581,8 +585,12 @@ class SimpleAccess(object):
         """
         if type(person) in [str, unicode]: 
             person = self.dbase.get_person_from_handle(person)
-        return gen.utils.get_death_or_fallback(self.dbase, 
-                                               person, "<i>%s</i>").date
+        event = gen.utils.get_death_or_fallback(self.dbase, 
+                                                person, "<i>%s</i>")
+        if event:
+            return event.date
+        else:
+            return gen.lib.Date()
 
     def death_place(self, person):
         """