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Re: Problem with the astron database on Mac OS X [message #78767] Wed, 21 December 2011 08:13 Go to next message
Russell[1] is currently offline  Russell[1]
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I'm very familiar with the Astrolib, but not so much with the database
procedures. Can you confirm which instance of the routines that
you're using, maybe issuing something like

findpro,'dbhelp' or 'dbopen', etc. Just to make sure that you don't
accidentally have an old version floating around somewhere?

Russell


On Dec 20, 8:20 pm, rklein <r_kl...@berkeley.edu> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am using the database routines from the IDL Astronomy User's
> library: (http://idlastro.gsfc.nasa.gov/contents.html#C3) on Mac OS X,
> IDL version 7.1.
>
> The following happens when I try to open two linked databases (the
> yale_bs and yale_bs_rmks databases are available athttp://idlastro.gsfc.nasa.gov/ftp/zdbase/):
>
> IDL> astrolib
> % Compiled module: ASTROLIB.
> % ASTROLIB: Astronomy Library system variables have been added
> IDL> dbopen,'yale_bs_rmks,yale_bs'
> % Compiled module: DBOPEN.
> % Compiled module: ZPARCHECK.
> % Compiled module: STRSPLIT.
> % Compiled module: DBCLOSE.
> % Compiled module: FIND_WITH_DEF.
> % Compiled module: FIND_ALL_DIR.
> % Compiled module: BREAK_PATH.
> Attempt to subscript SBYTE with I is out of range.
> IDL> dbhelp
> % Compiled module: DBHELP.
> % Compiled module: DB_INFO.
> % Compiled module: TEXTOPEN.
> % Compiled module: FILEPATH.
> % Compiled module: DB_ITEM_INFO.
>  ENTRY      HR         CATEGORY   REMARKS    SPARES
>
> -------  Indexed Items ------
> HR
>
> ----- Pointer Information ----
> YALE_BS_RMKS.HR ---> YALE_BS
>
> data base contains        9188 entries
> % Compiled module: TEXTCLOSE.
> IDL>
>
> As you can see, only one is opened despite the two being linked.
>
> I also noticed that using "/EXTERNAL" with dbcreate does not work on
> Mac OS.
>
> Does anyone has an idea what is going wrong. Is it an IDL bug on Mac
> OS which treats binary files unexpectedly? Or is there an invalid
> assumption in the database code?
>
> Thanks and happy holidays.
> Randolf
Re: Problem with the astron database on Mac OS X [message #78845 is a reply to message #78767] Wed, 21 December 2011 13:13 Go to previous message
rklein is currently offline  rklein
Messages: 5
Registered: June 2009
Junior Member
I update the library and the problems seems to be gone. But, let me
investigate further.
Randolf

On Dec 21, 8:13 am, Russell <rryan....@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm very familiar with the Astrolib, but not so much with the database
> procedures.  Can you confirm which instance of the routines that
> you're using, maybe issuing something like
>
> findpro,'dbhelp' or 'dbopen', etc.  Just to make sure that you don't
> accidentally have an old version floating around somewhere?
>
> Russell
>
> On Dec 20, 8:20 pm, rklein <r_kl...@berkeley.edu> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>> Hi,
>
>> I am using the database routines from the IDL Astronomy User's
>> library: (http://idlastro.gsfc.nasa.gov/contents.html#C3) on Mac OS X,
>> IDL version 7.1.
>
>> The following happens when I try to open two linked databases (the
>> yale_bs and yale_bs_rmks databases are available athttp://idlastro.gsfc.nasa.gov/ftp/zdbase/):
>
>> IDL> astrolib
>> % Compiled module: ASTROLIB.
>> % ASTROLIB: Astronomy Library system variables have been added
>> IDL> dbopen,'yale_bs_rmks,yale_bs'
>> % Compiled module: DBOPEN.
>> % Compiled module: ZPARCHECK.
>> % Compiled module: STRSPLIT.
>> % Compiled module: DBCLOSE.
>> % Compiled module: FIND_WITH_DEF.
>> % Compiled module: FIND_ALL_DIR.
>> % Compiled module: BREAK_PATH.
>> Attempt to subscript SBYTE with I is out of range.
>> IDL> dbhelp
>> % Compiled module: DBHELP.
>> % Compiled module: DB_INFO.
>> % Compiled module: TEXTOPEN.
>> % Compiled module: FILEPATH.
>> % Compiled module: DB_ITEM_INFO.
>>  ENTRY      HR         CATEGORY   REMARKS    SPARES
>
>> -------  Indexed Items ------
>> HR
>
>> ----- Pointer Information ----
>> YALE_BS_RMKS.HR ---> YALE_BS
>
>> data base contains        9188 entries
>> % Compiled module: TEXTCLOSE.
>> IDL>
>
>> As you can see, only one is opened despite the two being linked.
>
>> I also noticed that using "/EXTERNAL" with dbcreate does not work on
>> Mac OS.
>
>> Does anyone has an idea what is going wrong. Is it an IDL bug on Mac
>> OS which treats binary files unexpectedly? Or is there an invalid
>> assumption in the database code?
>
>> Thanks and happy holidays.
>> Randolf
Re: Problem with the astron database on Mac OS X [message #78855 is a reply to message #78767] Wed, 21 December 2011 10:00 Go to previous message
rklein is currently offline  rklein
Messages: 5
Registered: June 2009
Junior Member
I am using the Oct 2010 version which seems to be current.
Thanks,
Randolf

On Dec 21, 8:13 am, Russell <rryan....@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm very familiar with the Astrolib, but not so much with the database
> procedures.  Can you confirm which instance of the routines that
> you're using, maybe issuing something like
>
> findpro,'dbhelp' or 'dbopen', etc.  Just to make sure that you don't
> accidentally have an old version floating around somewhere?
>
> Russell
>
> On Dec 20, 8:20 pm, rklein <r_kl...@berkeley.edu> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>> Hi,
>
>> I am using the database routines from the IDL Astronomy User's
>> library: (http://idlastro.gsfc.nasa.gov/contents.html#C3) on Mac OS X,
>> IDL version 7.1.
>
>> The following happens when I try to open two linked databases (the
>> yale_bs and yale_bs_rmks databases are available athttp://idlastro.gsfc.nasa.gov/ftp/zdbase/):
>
>> IDL> astrolib
>> % Compiled module: ASTROLIB.
>> % ASTROLIB: Astronomy Library system variables have been added
>> IDL> dbopen,'yale_bs_rmks,yale_bs'
>> % Compiled module: DBOPEN.
>> % Compiled module: ZPARCHECK.
>> % Compiled module: STRSPLIT.
>> % Compiled module: DBCLOSE.
>> % Compiled module: FIND_WITH_DEF.
>> % Compiled module: FIND_ALL_DIR.
>> % Compiled module: BREAK_PATH.
>> Attempt to subscript SBYTE with I is out of range.
>> IDL> dbhelp
>> % Compiled module: DBHELP.
>> % Compiled module: DB_INFO.
>> % Compiled module: TEXTOPEN.
>> % Compiled module: FILEPATH.
>> % Compiled module: DB_ITEM_INFO.
>>  ENTRY      HR         CATEGORY   REMARKS    SPARES
>
>> -------  Indexed Items ------
>> HR
>
>> ----- Pointer Information ----
>> YALE_BS_RMKS.HR ---> YALE_BS
>
>> data base contains        9188 entries
>> % Compiled module: TEXTCLOSE.
>> IDL>
>
>> As you can see, only one is opened despite the two being linked.
>
>> I also noticed that using "/EXTERNAL" with dbcreate does not work on
>> Mac OS.
>
>> Does anyone has an idea what is going wrong. Is it an IDL bug on Mac
>> OS which treats binary files unexpectedly? Or is there an invalid
>> assumption in the database code?
>
>> Thanks and happy holidays.
>> Randolf
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