Re: CA and arrays

[Marty Kraimer <mrk@aps.anl.gov>]

Brian McAllister wrote:
> 
> Marty Kraimer wrote:
> 
> > What causes the confusion is that old database access, which is what CA uses,
> > only knows how to handle the maximum number of elements.
> >
> > The correct behavior is that  cvt_dbaddr sets no_elements = NELM, ie the size of
> > the allocated array and get_array_info returns NORD, i.e. the current actual
> > number of elements.
> 
> Does this explain why the value I sent no_elements to in get_array_info has
> no effect on the number of elements actually returned to a CA client ?


Yes. This will not be fixed until old database access goes away.

Marty