diff --git a/docs/changelog/7.x.x.txt b/docs/changelog/7.x.x.txt
index 34cf0b896..02afb2111 100644
--- a/docs/changelog/7.x.x.txt
+++ b/docs/changelog/7.x.x.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 7.4.4
+- fix: bug in EMS purge
+- fix: bug in poll where you can't edit it to have less answers
 
 
 7.4.3
diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Asset/Wobject/EventManagementSystem.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Asset/Wobject/EventManagementSystem.pm
index 8b30699b6..8868d9ac1 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Asset/Wobject/EventManagementSystem.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Asset/Wobject/EventManagementSystem.pm
@@ -873,10 +873,10 @@ sub getEventMetaDataFields {
 	my $sql = "select f.*, d.fieldData
 		from EventManagementSystem_metaField f
 		left join EventManagementSystem_metaData d on f.fieldId=d.fieldId
-		and d.productId=".$self->session->db->quote($productId)." $globalWhere
+		and d.productId=? $globalWhere
 		order by f.sequenceNumber";
 	tie my %hash, 'Tie::IxHash';
-	my $sth = $self->session->db->read($sql);
+	my $sth = $self->session->db->read($sql,[$productId]);
 	while( my $h = $sth->hashRef) {
 		foreach(keys %$h) {
 			$hash{$h->{fieldId}}{$_} = $h->{$_};
@@ -1080,7 +1080,7 @@ sub purge {
         $self->deletePrereqSet($id);
     }
     # delete badges
-    my $sth = $db->read("select fieldId from EventManagementSystem_badges where assetId=?",[$self->getId]);
+    my $sth = $db->read("select badgeId from EventManagementSystem_badges where assetId=?",[$self->getId]);
     while (my ($id) = $sth->array) {
         $self->deleteBadge($id);
     }
@@ -3408,24 +3408,13 @@ sub www_editEventMetaDataField {
 		-hoverHelp=>$i18n->get('474 description'),
 		-value=>$data->{required}
 	);
-	my $fieldType = WebGUI::Form::FieldType->new($self->session,
-		-name=>"dataType",
-		-label=>$i18n->get(486),
-		-hoverHelp=>$i18n->get('486 description'),
-		-value=>ucfirst $data->{dataType},
-		-defaultValue=>"Text",
-	);
-	my @profileForms = ();
-	foreach my $form ( sort @{ $fieldType->get("types") }) {
-		next if $form eq 'DynamicField';
-		my $cmd = join '::', 'WebGUI::Form', $form;
-		eval "use $cmd";
-		my $w = eval {"$cmd"->new($self->session)};
-		push @profileForms, $form if $w->get("profileEnabled");
-	}
-
-	$fieldType->set("types", \@profileForms);
-	$f->raw($fieldType->toHtmlWithWrapper());
+    $f->fieldType(
+        -name=>"dataType",        
+        -label=>$i18n->get(486),        
+        -hoverHelp=>$i18n->get('486 description'),
+        -value=>ucfirst $data->{dataType},        
+        -defaultValue=>"Text",
+        );
 	$f->textarea(
 		-name => "possibleValues",
 		-label => $i18n->get(487),
diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Asset/Wobject/Poll.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Asset/Wobject/Poll.pm
index 71ac848b9..5967f235d 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Asset/Wobject/Poll.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Asset/Wobject/Poll.pm
@@ -339,11 +339,13 @@ sub prepareView {
 sub processPropertiesFromFormPost {
 	my $self = shift;
 	$self->SUPER::processPropertiesFromFormPost;
-	my (@answer, $i, $property);
-	@answer = split("\n",$self->session->form->process("answers"));
-        for ($i=1; $i<=20; $i++) {
-             	$property->{'a'.$i} = $answer[($i-1)];
-        }
+	my $property = {};
+    my $answers = $self->session->form->process("answers");
+    $answers =~ s{\r}{}xmsg;
+    my @answer = split("\n",$answers);
+    for (my $i=1; $i<=20; $i++) {
+        $property->{'a'.$i} = $answer[($i-1)] || "";
+    }
 
 	if (WebGUI::Image::Graph->getPluginList($self->session)) {
 		my $graph = WebGUI::Image::Graph->processConfigurationForm($self->session);
diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Form/Control.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Form/Control.pm
index d93b3fc15..a77ed9f91 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Form/Control.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Form/Control.pm
@@ -440,6 +440,23 @@ sub getValueFromPost {
 	}
 }
 
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+=head2 isProfileEnabled ( session )
+
+A class method. Returns a 1 if this control can be used by the profiling system. In general that means that the
+field is safe for dynamic generation.
+
+=cut
+
+
+sub isProfileEnabled {
+    my $class = shift;
+    my $session = shift;
+    return $class->definition($session)->[0]{profileEnabled};
+}
+
+
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 =head2 new ( session, parameters )
diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Form/FieldType.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Form/FieldType.pm
index f95783be7..1dd7e995a 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Form/FieldType.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Form/FieldType.pm
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ sub toHtml {
                 	$self->session->errorHandler->error("Couldn't compile form control: ".$type.". Root cause: ".$@);
 			next;
         	} 
+        next unless $class->isProfileEnabled($self->session);
 		$options{$type} = $class->getName($self->session);
 	}
 	$self->set('options',\%options);