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> Full Name: Hank Fisher > Email Address: address@hidden > Organization: NCAR > Package Version: 2.9u2 build date:2010-10-04 19:14 UTC > Operating System: Linux > Hardware: Java: home: > /var/autofs/mnt/linux-amd64/common/local/jdk1.6.0_24/jre version: 1.6.0_24 > j3d:1.5.2 fcs (build4) > Description of problem: > I can access this file via the html interface... > > http://das-ingest.rap.ucar.edu/thredds/catalog/vil/20110506/catalog.html?dataset=vil/20110506/213311.mdv > > but when i do it via the Catalogs in IDV I get a Content-Length error. Is > there something wrong with either the way I set my Thredds server up or > perhaps how our Tomcat is configured? > Hi Hank, Is this server restricted? I cann't access the above link either through browser or the IDV. Yuan > > > There was an error loading the data: > Error creating data source:file.mdv with: > http://das-ingest.rap.ucar.edu/thredds/fileServer/vil/20110506/214253.mdv > Grid data source failed making data set: > http://das-ingest.rap.ucar.edu/thredds/fileServer/vil/20110506/214253.mdv > Server does not support Content-Length > > > Thredds config.... > > <datasetScan name="Vertically Integrated Liquid" ID="vil" path="vil" > location="/raid/ext_obs/mrrd/dpg/mdv/vil/MTX"> > <metadata inherited="true"> > <serviceName>httpService</serviceName> > </metadata> > > <filter> > <include wildcard="*mdv*" /> > <exclude wildcard=".scour*"/> > </filter> > <sort> > <lexigraphicByName increasing="false" /> > </sort> > > <addProxies> > <latestComplete name="latest vil data.xml" top="true" serviceName="latest" > lastModifiedLimit="60" /> > </addProxies> > </datasetScan> > > > > ****************** > Stack trace: > java.io.IOException: Server does not support Content-Length > at > ucar.unidata.io.http.HTTPRandomAccessFile.<init>(HTTPRandomAccessFile.java:129) > at > ucar.unidata.io.http.HTTPRandomAccessFile.<init>(HTTPRandomAccessFile.java:95) > at ucar.nc2.NetcdfFile.getRaf(NetcdfFile.java:478) > at ucar.nc2.NetcdfFile.open(NetcdfFile.java:384) > 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.XmlChooser.makeDataSource(XmlChooser.java:280) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.ThreddsHandler.processNodes(ThreddsHandler.java:851) > at ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.ThreddsHandler.doLoad(ThreddsHandler.java:700) > at ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.XmlChooser.doLoadInThread(XmlChooser.java:717) > 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:597) > at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$2.run(Misc.java:1062) > at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$3.run(Misc.java:1090) > > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: ZSS-972326 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Open