--- mozilla/xpfe/components/history/src/nsGlobalHistory.cpp.bak	Fri Nov 30 04:33:46 2001
+++ mozilla/xpfe/components/history/src/nsGlobalHistory.cpp	Fri Nov 30 05:34:39 2001
@@ -1092,11 +1092,22 @@
   if (! aURL)
     return NS_ERROR_NULL_POINTER;
 
+  // normalize URL
   nsresult rv;
+  nsCOMPtr<nsIURI> uri;
+  nsXPIDLCString aNormURL;
+  rv = NS_NewURI(getter_AddRefs(uri), aURL, nsnull);
+  if (NS_SUCCEEDED(rv)) {
+    rv = uri->GetSpec(getter_Copies(aNormURL));
+  }
+  if (NS_FAILED(rv)) {
+    *getter_Copies(aNormURL) = PL_strdup(aURL);
+  }
+
   NS_ENSURE_SUCCESS(OpenDB(), NS_ERROR_NOT_INITIALIZED);
 
   nsMdbPtr<nsIMdbRow> row(mEnv);
-  rv = FindRow(kToken_URLColumn, aURL, getter_Acquires(row));
+  rv = FindRow(kToken_URLColumn, aNormURL, getter_Acquires(row));
 
   if (NS_FAILED(rv))
     *_retval = PR_FALSE;