1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/H5D.c b/src/H5D.c
index 577e25f..a15f00d 100644
--- a/src/H5D.c
+++ b/src/H5D.c
@@ -1958,6 +1958,9 @@ done:
  *		Feb 26, 2002
  *		A new fill value message and two new properties are added.
  *
+ *	 Pedro Vicente, <pvn@ncsa.uiuc.edu> 22 Aug 2002
+ *	 Added a deep copy of the symbol table entry
+ *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 H5D_t *
@@ -1982,8 +1985,10 @@ H5D_open_oid(H5G_entry_t *ent)
     if(NULL==(dataset = H5D_new(H5P_DEFAULT)))
         HGOTO_ERROR (H5E_RESOURCE, H5E_NOSPACE, NULL, "memory allocation failed");
 
-    /* Copy over the symbol table information if it's provided */
-    HDmemcpy(&(dataset->ent),ent,sizeof(H5G_entry_t));
+				/* Deep copy of the symbol table entry */
+				if (H5G_ent_copy(ent,&(dataset->ent))<0)
+					HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_DATASET, H5E_CANTOPENOBJ, NULL, "unable to copy entry");
+
 
     /* Find the dataset object */
     if (H5O_open(&(dataset->ent)) < 0)