84688c95e385ee526a59d7dac8f6ff644781361b
braney
  Sat Aug 2 11:11:57 2025 -0700
ongoing work on quickLift.   Made saved sessions work a little more
rationally

diff --git src/hg/lib/hubConnect.c src/hg/lib/hubConnect.c
index 98f07c60183..e226db5d36f 100644
--- src/hg/lib/hubConnect.c
+++ src/hg/lib/hubConnect.c
@@ -331,34 +331,42 @@
         sqlSafef(query, sizeof(query), "select fromDb, toDb, path from %s where id = \"%s\"", "quickLiftChain", colon);
         struct sqlResult *sr = sqlGetResult(conn, query);
         char **row;
         char *replaceDb = NULL;
         char *quickLiftChain = NULL;
         char *toDb = NULL;
         while ((row = sqlNextRow(sr)) != NULL)
             {
             replaceDb = cloneString(row[0]);
             toDb = cloneString(row[1]);
             quickLiftChain = cloneString(row[2]);
             break; // there's only one
             }
         sqlFreeResult(&sr);
 
-//   this line needs to be reintroduced somehow to prevent quickLift hubs from
-//   being loaded on the wrong database, but it depends on db being set, which it isn't always at this point
-//        if (sameOk(toDb, hubConnectSkipHubPrefix(db)))
+        // don't load quickLift hubs that aren't for us
+        if ((db == NULL) || sameOk(toDb, hubConnectSkipHubPrefix(db)))
             hub = hubConnectStatusForIdExt(conn, id, replaceDb, toDb, quickLiftChain);
+        else
+            {
+            // for now we're deleting quickLifted ups that aren't to the current datbase
+            char buffer[4096];
+
+            safef(buffer, sizeof buffer, "quickLift.%d.%s", id, toDb);
+            cartRemove(cart, buffer);
+            cartSetString(cart, hgHubConnectRemakeTrackHub, "on");
+            }
         }
     if (hub != NULL)
 	{
 	if (!isEmpty(hub->errorMessage) && (strstr(hub->hubUrl, "hgComposite") != NULL))
             {
             // custom collection hub has disappeared.   Remove it from cart
             cartSetString(cart, hgHubConnectRemakeTrackHub, "on");
             char buffer[1024];
             safef(buffer, sizeof buffer, "hgHubConnect.hub.%d", id);
             cartRemove(cart, buffer);
             }
         else
             slAddHead(&hubList, hub);
 	}
     }