The performance bug has been in the code since almost the beginning of opendap support. It is possible (even probable) that you will not encounter it. It occurs when you read a large variable and specify it as a constraint in the url. E.g. http://x.com/y.nc?var[0:1] The bug is that the code ignores the [0:1] and reads the whole variable. The result is correct, but unnecessary data is read. If this is umimportant to you, then either 4.1.2 or 4.1.3 (with the patched files I posted) will do fine. =Dennis Heimbigner Unidata Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: XAT-780426 Department: Support netCDF Priority: Normal Status: Closed