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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 ?

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Brian McAllister                 Application Programmer/Beam Physicist
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