--- mozilla/xpfe/components/history/src/nsGlobalHistory.cpp.bak	Wed Dec 26 04:11:06 2001
+++ mozilla/xpfe/components/history/src/nsGlobalHistory.cpp	Wed Dec 26 05:13:05 2001
@@ -1120,11 +1120,22 @@
   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);
 
   nsCOMPtr<nsIMdbRow> row;
-  rv = FindRow(kToken_URLColumn, aURL, getter_AddRefs(row));
+  rv = FindRow(kToken_URLColumn, aNormURL, getter_AddRefs(row));
 
   if (NS_FAILED(rv))
     *_retval = PR_FALSE;