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> Hi again, > > I just thought I would try out the version 4.0 code. This also fails > because it has more restrictive variable names. We use a lot of > variables with numeric names but these are no longer allowed, it seems > (the pattern used forces the first character to be a letter or > underscore). This is also a problem as the numeric naming scheme is > rather important in our system. > > Regards, > > Paul It sounds like ive got a bug in 2.2 in being too lenient. you do have to start with a letter or underscore, otherwise you are writing invalid files, which makes them non-portable. Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: SSK-311219 Department: Support netCDF Java Priority: Normal Status: Open