Re: arAccessLib.c

[mrk@phebos.aps.anl.gov]

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> I'm using routines in arAccessLib.c to archive data on the IOC in a format
> which can be read by ARR.  I would like to archive unsigned shorts but
> there doesn't appear to be support for this.  Is this true?
> 
> Greg Greene
> KineticSystems Corp.
> (303) 220-7455 x13


Yes it is true. The archiver uses channel access which uses old database
access (defined in db_access.h). Old database access supports short
and long but not the unsigned varieties. If a DBR_LONG is requested for
a field type that is unsigned short then things will work but it does
of course take more storage.

Marty Kraimer