--- a/app/controllers/tickets_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/tickets_controller.rb
@@ -8,16 +8,13 @@ class TicketsController < ApplicationController
     @tickets = Ticket.filtered(filter)
     @current_milestone = Milestone.find_current_milestone(@project.id)
     #
-    filter[:milestone_id].length > 0 ? @selected_milestone = filter[:milestone_id] : @selected_milestone = nil
+    filter[:milestone_id] && filter[:milestone_id].length > 0 ? @selected_milestone = filter[:milestone_id] : @selected_milestone = nil
     @filter_milestones = Milestone.find_by_project_active(@project.id, current_user)
-    filter[:assignee_id].length > 0 ? @selected_assignee = filter[:assignee_id] : @selected_assignee = nil
+    filter[:assignee_id] && filter[:assignee_id].length > 0 ? @selected_assignee = filter[:assignee_id] : @selected_assignee = nil
     @filter_assignees = Member.find_by_project_alpha(@project.id)
-    filter[:submitter_id].length > 0 ? @selected_submitter = filter[:submitter_id] : @selected_submitter = nil
+    filter[:submitter_id] && filter[:submitter_id].length > 0 ? @selected_submitter = filter[:submitter_id] : @selected_submitter = nil
     @filter_submitters = Member.find_by_project_alpha(@project.id)
     #    
-    flash[:notice] = "p:" + filter[:milestone_id] + " f:" + @selected_milestone.to_s
-    #flash[:notice] = params[:ticketfilter]
-    #<%= select('ticketfilter', 'xmilestone_id', Milestone.find_by_project_active(@project.id, current_user).collect {|c| [c.name, c.id]}, { :prompt => "All", :selected => @filtered_milestone } ) -%><br />
     render :action => "ac_project_index"
   end
 

--- a/app/models/ticket.rb
+++ b/app/models/ticket.rb
@@ -90,9 +90,9 @@ class Ticket < ActiveRecord::Base
     w << "AND tickets.priority IN (#{priority})\n" if priority
     #w << "AND tickets.audience IN (#{audience})\n"
     
-    w << "AND milestones.id = #{filters[:milestone_id]}\n" if filters[:milestone_id].length > 0
-    w << "AND assignee_id = #{filters[:assignee_id]}\n" if filters[:assignee_id].length > 0
-    w << "AND submitter_id = #{filters[:submitter_id]}\n" if filters[:submitter_id].length > 0
+    w << "AND milestones.id = #{filters[:milestone_id]}\n" if filters[:milestone_id] && filters[:milestone_id].length > 0
+    w << "AND assignee_id = #{filters[:assignee_id]}\n" if filters[:assignee_id] && filters[:assignee_id].length > 0
+    w << "AND submitter_id = #{filters[:submitter_id]}\n" if filters[:submitter_id] && filters[:submitter_id].length > 0
     
     find_by_sql("SELECT tickets.slug,
                         tickets.summary,