Mod_python error: "PythonHandler mod_python.publisher"

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "/usr/lib64/python2.3/site-packages/mod_python/apache.py", line 299, in HandlerDispatch
    result = object(req)

  File "/usr/lib64/python2.3/site-packages/mod_python/publisher.py", line 136, in handler
    result = util.apply_fs_data(object, req.form, req=req)

  File "/usr/lib64/python2.3/site-packages/mod_python/util.py", line 361, in apply_fs_data
    return object(**args)

  File "/home/peter/public_html/newzsearch.com/requestGroup.py", line 506, in index
    getCookie(req)

  File "/home/peter/public_html/newzsearch.com/requestGroup.py", line 78, in getCookie
    userCookie.set("trace","s:"+makeTraceSessionId()[:-2])

NameError: global name 'makeTraceSessionId' is not defined