[daip] large data

[Eric Greisen]

zhongzu wu wrote:
> Dear NRAO professor:
>    I am loading a  large archive data into aips,  it seems that the task 
> FITLD have problems in reading it, the error messages are like follows. 
> 
> 1    8   21-MAY-2011  15:06:30     FITLD     GET3DT: SOURCE ID = 
> ******** MAX ALLOWED =   5000
>    1    4   21-MAY-2011  15:06:30     FITLD     UV table spanned time:   
> 0/14:00:02 -  1/01:05:41
>    1    4   21-MAY-2011  15:06:30     FITLD      8541201 vis. written
> 
> Are there some easy ways for solving this problem.?
>  aips are installed with the binary method, I have checked the code of 
> FITLD.FOR, it seems this code might be where the problem from.
> While I only interested with  one source in the data, should I installed 
> the aips again with text method or some easier ways for doing my job.
>    Thanks very much!
> Cheers 
> Zhongzu Wu

There is clearly something wrong with your data file.  The message 
indicates that the source number exceeds 99999999 which is just not 
right.  Where are these data coming from?  If they are VLBA can you tell 
us the program code number and we will check on it?

Eric Greisen