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Hi Helfried Please try the IDV version from the nightly builds http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/downloads/idv/nightly/index.jsp Regards, -Julien > Full Name: Helfried Scheifinger > Email Address: address@hidden > Organization: ZAMG > Package Version: 2.9u2 build date:2010-10-04 19:14 UTC > Operating System: Windows XP > Hardware: Java: home: C:\Programme\IDV_2.9u2\jre version: 1.6.0_20 j3d:1.5.2 > fcs (build4) > Description of problem: There was an error loading the data: > Error creating data source:file.grid with: H:\helfried\output.grib > Grid data source failed making data set: H:\helfried\output.grib > 2 > > Dear IDV people, > > I got the above error when I tried to import the attached ECMWF grib > file. This is obviously a problem since the new IDV version 2.9u2. At > the moment I am not able to read any ECMWF grib files with IDV. > > With kind regards, > > Helfried > > ****************** > Stack trace: > java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: 2 > at ucar.nc2.iosp.grid.GridVariable.makeVariable(GridVariable.java:565) > at ucar.nc2.iosp.grid.GridIndexToNC.makeDenseCoordSys(GridIndexToNC.java:418) > at ucar.nc2.iosp.grid.GridIndexToNC.open(GridIndexToNC.java:242) > at > ucar.nc2.iosp.grib.GribGridServiceProvider.open(GribGridServiceProvider.java:126) > at ucar.nc2.NetcdfFile.<init>(NetcdfFile.java:1333) > at ucar.nc2.NetcdfFile.open(NetcdfFile.java:769) > at ucar.nc2.NetcdfFile.open(NetcdfFile.java:403) > at ucar.nc2.dataset.NetcdfDataset.openOrAcquireFile(NetcdfDataset.java:686) > at ucar.nc2.dataset.NetcdfDataset.openDataset(NetcdfDataset.java:425) > at ucar.nc2.dataset.NetcdfDataset.acquireDataset(NetcdfDataset.java:521) > at ucar.nc2.dt.grid.GridDataset.open(GridDataset.java:103) > at ucar.nc2.dt.grid.GridDataset.open(GridDataset.java:89) > at > ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridDataSource.doMakeDataSet(GeoGridDataSource.java:1106) > at > ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridDataSource.getDataset(GeoGridDataSource.java:1128) > at > ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridDataSource.initAfterCreation(GeoGridDataSource.java:490) > at ucar.unidata.data.DataManager.createDataSource(DataManager.java:1559) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.createDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1998) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.makeDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1915) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.makeDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1849) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.makeDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1822) > at ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.IdvChooser.makeDataSource(IdvChooser.java:943) > at ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.FileChooser.selectFilesInner(FileChooser.java:656) > at ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.FileChooser.selectFiles(FileChooser.java:525) > at ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.FileChooser.doLoadInThread(FileChooser.java:547) > at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) > at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) > at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) > at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source) > at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$2.run(Misc.java:1062) > at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$3.run(Misc.java:1090) > > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: RNI-569875 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Closed