[ferret_users] the length limit of dods links?

[David Wang <climater@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Ferreters,

According to a message quite a while ago,

http://ferret.pmel.noaa.gov/Ferret/Mail_Archives/fu_2001/msg00655.html

the maximal length of a filename is 512 chars. However when I tried to open a long dods link in FERRET, it gave an error and seems to cut off the filename string to 234 chars. I wonder if there is a length limit for dods links.

Thanks,
David

PS: an example:

> yes? set data "
> http://iridl.ldeo.columbia.edu/SOURCES/.NOAA/.NODC/.WOA01/.Masks/.basin/Z/%281.%29VALUES/Z/removeGRID/2/masklt/2/maskgt/0.5/0/RESCALE/SOURCES/.CARTON-GIESE/.SODA/.v1p4p2/.temp/lon/%28X%29renameGRID/lat/%28Y%29renameGRID%5BX/Y%5D1/regridAverage/mul%5BX%5Daverage/dods
> "
>  **netCDF error
>              OPeND(OPeNDAP/netCDF Error code 1001)
>              Data set: 
> http://iridl.ldeo.columbia.edu/SOURCES/.NOAA/.NODC/.WOA01/.Masks/.basin/Z/%281.%29VALUES/Z/removeGRID/2/masklt/2/maskgt/0.5/0/RESCALE/SOURCES/.CARTON-GIESE/.SODA/.v1p4p2/.temp/lon/%28X%29renameGRID/lat/%28Y%29renameGRID%5BX/Y%5D1/reg
> yes?