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Hi- > Institution: unsw@adfa > Package Version: 2.3 build date:2007-08-15 19:04 UTC > Operating System: Windows XP > Hardware Information: Java: home: C:\\Program Files\\IDV_2.3\\jre version: > 1.5.0_11 j3d:1.3.2 fcs (build12) > Inquiry: An error has occurred: > There was an error loading the data: > Error creating data source:dods.grid with: > http://www3.es.jamstec.go.jp/dods/alera/monthly/mean > Grid data source failed making data set: > dods://www3.es.jamstec.go.jp/dods/alera/monthly/mean > Cant open dods://www3.es.jamstec.go.jp/dods/alera/monthly/mean or as DODS > dods://www3.es.jamstec.go.jp/dods/alera/monthly/mean > "/alera/monthly/mean is a directory" If you enter the URL into a web browser and click the info link, you'll see that the dataset is actually: http://www3.es.jamstec.go.jp:80/dods/alera/monthly/mean/yyyymm If you use that, you should be able to access the data. Don Murray > ****************** > Stack trace: > java.io.FileNotFoundException: Cant open > dods://www3.es.jamstec.go.jp/dods/alera/monthly/mean or as DODS > dods://www3.es.jamstec.go.jp/dods/alera/monthly/mean > "/alera/monthly/mean is a directory" > at ucar.nc2.dataset.NetcdfDataset.openDODS(NetcdfDataset.java:380) > at ucar.nc2.dataset.NetcdfDataset.openFile(NetcdfDataset.java:316) > at ucar.nc2.dataset.NetcdfDataset.openDataset(NetcdfDataset.java:175) > at ucar.nc2.dataset.NetcdfDatasetCache.acquire(NetcdfDatasetCache.java:203) > at ucar.nc2.dataset.NetcdfDatasetCache.acquire(NetcdfDatasetCache.java:183) > at ucar.nc2.dataset.NetcdfDatasetCache.acquire(NetcdfDatasetCache.java:171) > at ucar.nc2.dt.grid.GridDataset.open(GridDataset.java:72) > at > ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridDataSource.doMakeDataSet(GeoGridDataSource.java:727) > at > ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridDataSource.getDataset(GeoGridDataSource.java:744) > at > ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridDataSource.initAfterCreation(GeoGridDataSource.java:335) > at ucar.unidata.data.DataManager.createDataSource(DataManager.java:1197) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.createDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1720) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.makeDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1639) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.makeDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1617) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.handleAction(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1471) > at ucar.unidata.idv.DefaultIdv.handleAction(DefaultIdv.java:112) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.handleAction(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1403) > at ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.UrlChooser.loadURLInner(UrlChooser.java:249) > at ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.UrlChooser.loadURL(UrlChooser.java:221) > at ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.UrlChooser.doLoadInThread(UrlChooser.java:268) > at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) > at > sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39) > at > sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) > at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585) > at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$2.run(Misc.java:919) > at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$3.run(Misc.java:947) > > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: BER-396889 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Open