From 7e0de3f0324b92ac01e4810a4f83d2c3436752f0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: WorldTeacher <41587052+WorldTeacher@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2024 15:46:15 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] db bug fix

---
 src/backend/database.py | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/database.py b/src/backend/database.py
index 58fa213..29b082d 100644
--- a/src/backend/database.py
+++ b/src/backend/database.py
@@ -658,12 +658,16 @@ class Database:
         Returns:
             Optional[int]: the id of the professor, if the professor is not found, None is returned
         """
-
+        # get list of all current profs
+        profs = self.getProfs()
+        if profs == []:
+            return 1
         data = self.getProfByName(prof_name.replace(",", ""))
         if data is None:
             # get last used id and return id + 1
             profno = self.query_db("SELECT id FROM prof ORDER BY id DESC", one=True)[0]
             return profno + 1
+
             # return None
         else:
             return data[0]