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Re: ToolsUI ncdump fails on TDS OPeNDAP dataset with range request not supported

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  • Subject: Re: ToolsUI ncdump fails on TDS OPeNDAP dataset with range request not supported
  • Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 11:06:57 -0700
this is an intermittent bug in the server, im trying to fix it, thanks for 
reporting.

Ethan Davis wrote:
Looks like the ToolsUI ncdump is trying to do direct HTTP access on this dataset:
http://motherlode.ucar.edu:8080/thredds/dodsC/station/metar/Surface_METAR_20060221_0000.nc 

java.io.IOException: Server does not support Range requests, code= 200
at ucar.unidata.io.http.HTTPRandomAccessFile3.read_(HTTPRandomAccessFile3.java:150) 
   at ucar.unidata.io.RandomAccessFile.seek(RandomAccessFile.java:297)
   at ucar.nc2.N3header.isValidFile(N3header.java:44)
   at ucar.nc2.NetcdfFile.open(NetcdfFile.java:304)
   at ucar.nc2.NetcdfFile.open(NetcdfFile.java:221)
   at ucar.nc2.NetcdfFile.open(NetcdfFile.java:167)
   at ucar.nc2.dataset.NetcdfDataset.openFile(NetcdfDataset.java:294)
   at ucar.nc2.ui.ToolsUI$NCdumpPanel.run(ToolsUI.java:1002)
   at ucar.nc2.ui.ToolsUI$GetDataTask.run(ToolsUI.java:2161)
   at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

It works if I change the "http://"; to "dods://".
Could we catch this and check if it is an OPeNDAP dataset with a ".ver" request ? 

Ethan