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[netCDFJava #PME-115746]: Variable length data sets in NetCDF

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  • Subject: [netCDFJava #PME-115746]: Variable length data sets in NetCDF
  • Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2013 11:30:03 -0600
Hi Kent:

You cant use netcdf-3 to write variable length records.

John



> Full Name: Kent Myers
> Email Address: address@hidden
> Organization: Simfinit
> Package Version: 4.3
> Operating System: Windows7 64
> Hardware: Dell Precision  T3500
> Description of problem:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I am trying to use NetcdfFileWriteable to create a database to maintain a
> variable number of large records of data from a simulation.  A record may
> contain from a few hundred bytes of doubles to a few megabytes of doubles.
> Some records will be small and some large.  I do not know ahead of time
> the size of the records or how many there will be.  It seems that NetCDF
> is not suitable for this application because it requires that I know the
> size of the data I will write before I actually create the file.  When I
> tried to addDimension() after create() I got the error not in define mode.
> 
> Is there some other technique that I have not yet discovered that would
> support my application using NetCDF?
> 
> Thanks,
> Kent
> 
> 


Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: PME-115746
Department: Support netCDF Java
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed