Index: trunk/kernel/units/user_profile/user_profile_tp.php
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diff -u -N -r8634 -r8636
--- trunk/kernel/units/user_profile/user_profile_tp.php	(.../user_profile_tp.php)	(revision 8634)
+++ trunk/kernel/units/user_profile/user_profile_tp.php	(.../user_profile_tp.php)	(revision 8636)
@@ -57,11 +57,23 @@
 
 				$sql = 'SELECT VariableValue, VariableName
 						FROM '.TABLE_PREFIX.'PersistantSessionData
-						WHERE (PortalUserId = '.$user_id.') AND (LENGTH(VariableValue) < 10)';
+						WHERE (PortalUserId = '.$user_id.')';
 				$cached_vars = $this->Conn->GetCol($sql, 'VariableName');
 			}
 
-			return isset($cached_vars[$var_name]) ? $cached_vars[$var_name] : false;
+			if (isset($cached_vars[$var_name])) {
+				// get variable value from persistent session
+				return $cached_vars[$var_name];
+			}
+			else {
+				// not found in persistent session -> get default value from config variable with same name
+				$config_value = $this->Application->ConfigValue($var_name);
+				if ($config_value !== false) {
+					return $config_value;
+				}
+			}
+
+			return false;
 		}
 
 		/**
@@ -122,6 +134,21 @@
 
 			return $counter < $this->ProfileFieldCount();
 		}
+
+		/**
+		 * Because of persistant session table doesn't have ids, we use user id as id for each record
+		 *
+		 * @param Array $params
+		 * @return Array (id,field)
+		 * @access private
+		 */
+		function prepareInputName($params)
+		{
+			list ($id, $field) = parent::prepareInputName($params);
+			$id = $this->Application->RecallVar('user_id');
+
+			return Array($id, $field);
+		}
 	}
 
 ?>
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