Attaching 2540 array to Solaris 8

Hello,
We are in a pickel. Currently, we have a 3511 connected to a V880 running Solaris 8.
(SunOS agatlsun01 5.8 Generic_117350-43 sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Fire-880).
And this array is not worth fixing any more.
We are purchasing a 2540 as a replacement.
We run Oracle 9i and 10g databases on this server.
I've been told that the 2540 is not supported by Solaris 8.
We would like to have both arrays connected to the same box to allow us to migrate the 5 databases off the 3511 and on to the 2540.
Is anyone aware of patches or work-arounds that would allow us to attache 2540 to the V880 running Solaris 8?
If this is not possible we will have to attach the 2540 to another server, migrate the databases to this temporary server, then attach the 2540 back to the orignal server. Seems like a lot of unnessary work.
Thanks.

You can find the supported components here:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/handbook_private/validateUser.do?target=Systems/2540/components
The only other problems, I can think of would be with:
1. The QLC driver
2. The CAM software (verified this is supported under Solaris 8 SPARC 4/01)
So that leaves the drivers.

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c1                             scsi-bus     connected    configured   unknown
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Hello all,
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-PostgreSQL 8.2 source code, (137004-02)
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Edited by: rjbanker on Mar 7, 2008 8:21 AM

SolarisSAinPA*
1.
-PostgreSQL 8.2 source code, (137004-02)
Utility used to install the update failed with exit code {0}.
Exit code 0 means there were no errors. When you run showrev -p 137004-02, does your system show that the patch is installed? You can check the log for a particular patch add attempt in /var/sadm/patch/+patch_num_rev+1- A bunch of stuff shows up, here is a portion (I am not entirely sure what it means, there must be a least a page of stuff like this):
Patch: 121081-08 Obsoletes: Requires: 121453-02 Incompatibles: Packages: SUNWc cccrr, SUNWccccr, SUNWccfw, SUNWccsign, SUNWcctpx, SUNWccinv, SUNWccccfg, SUNWcc fwctrl
Patch: 122231-01 Obsoletes: Requires: 121453-02 Incompatibles: Packages: SUNWc ctpx
Patch: 120932-01 Obsoletes: Requires: Incompatibles: Packages: SUNWcctpx
Patch: 123123-02 Obsoletes: Requires: Incompatibles: Packages: SUNWccinv
Patch: 121118-12 Obsoletes: Requires: 121453-02 Incompatibles: Packages: SUNWc smauth, SUNWppror, SUNWpprou, SUNWupdatemgru, SUNWupdatemgrr, SUNWppro-plugin-su nos-base
2.
Where are all the drives? I don't know how to find the RAID box or the other 3 internal hard drives. When I >installed the OS, I think I installed it on only one hard drive and that might be part of the reason why the >medialibe update above says that I don't have enough space.
When you run format command, how many drives are listed? Identify your root drive (compare with output of df command you ran earlier) Please post here.2. Output of df-hk, looks like I ran out of room. Should I just go ahead and reinstall the OS?
Filesystem size used avail capacity Mounted on
/dev/dsk/c1t0d0s0 5.9G 5.4G 378M 94% /
/devices 0K 0K 0K 0% /devices
ctfs 0K 0K 0K 0% /system/contract
proc 0K 0K 0K 0% /proc
mnttab 0K 0K 0K 0% /etc/mnttab
swap 42G 1.3M 42G 1% /etc/svc/volatile
objfs 0K 0K 0K 0% /system/object
/platform/sun4u-us3/lib/libc_psr/libc_psr_hwcap1.so.1
5.9G 5.4G 378M 94% /platform/sun4u-us3/lib/libc_psr.so.1
/platform/sun4u-us3/lib/sparcv9/libc_psr/libc_psr_hwcap1.so.1
5.9G 5.4G 378M 94% /platform/sun4u-us3/lib/sparcv9/libc_psr.so.1
fd 0K 0K 0K 0% /dev/fd
swap 42G 1.1M 42G 1% /tmp
swap 42G 32K 42G 1% /var/run
/dev/dsk/c1t0d0s7 46G 47M 46G 1% /export/home
3. So I guess the general consensus is to reinstall the OS, is that correct?
4. There is nothing in \dev\rmt, and unfortunately I don't have a tape to test it with!
5. I guess 5GB will be ok for what we do.
Alan.pae*
1. I think the above text might explain why it failed, although I don't know how to correct it.
2. Output of format:
# mount
/ on /dev/dsk/c1t0d0s0 read/write/setuid/devices/intr/largefiles/logging/xattr/onerror=panic/dev=1d80008 on Mon Mar 10 10:56:51 2008
/devices on /devices read/write/setuid/devices/dev=4dc0000 on Mon Mar 10 10:56:19 2008
/system/contract on ctfs read/write/setuid/devices/dev=4e00001 on Mon Mar 10 10:56:19 2008
/proc on proc read/write/setuid/devices/dev=4e40000 on Mon Mar 10 10:56:19 2008
/etc/mnttab on mnttab read/write/setuid/devices/dev=4e80001 on Mon Mar 10 10:56:19 2008
/etc/svc/volatile on swap read/write/setuid/devices/xattr/dev=4ec0001 on Mon Mar 10 10:56:19 2008
/system/object on objfs read/write/setuid/devices/dev=4f00001 on Mon Mar 10 10:56:19 2008
/platform/sun4u-us3/lib/libc_psr.so.1 on /platform/sun4u-us3/lib/libc_psr/libc_psr_hwcap1.so.1 read/write/setuid/devices/dev=1d80008 on Mon Mar 10 10:56:50 2008
/platform/sun4u-us3/lib/sparcv9/libc_psr.so.1 on /platform/sun4u-us3/lib/sparcv9/libc_psr/libc_psr_hwcap1.so.1 read/write/setuid/devices/dev=1d80008 on Mon Mar 10 10:56:50 2008
/dev/fd on fd read/write/setuid/devices/dev=50c0001 on Mon Mar 10 10:56:51 2008
/tmp on swap read/write/setuid/devices/xattr/dev=4ec0002 on Mon Mar 10 10:56:52 2008
/var/run on swap read/write/setuid/devices/xattr/dev=4ec0003 on Mon Mar 10 10:56:52 2008
/export/home on /dev/dsk/c1t0d0s7 read/write/setuid/devices/intr/largefiles/logging/xattr/onerror=panic/dev=1d8000f on Mon Mar 10 10:56:57 2008
3. Judging by the above text I will be doing a reinstall huh?
4. Actually I am not familiar with tape backups let alone solaris backup apps! Any suggestions? (Preferably free, have to cut down on costs.)
5. No comment
Thanks for the help, hope to hear from you again!
rjbanker

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<reboot>
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-p /opt/SUNWstkcam/share/fw/images/disk/D_ST314656SSUN146G_0A1C.dlp \
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We've built a number of Sun (SPARC) servers for customers with 2540 arrays fibre attached.
Now the 2540 is end-of-life, what's the replacement (if any)?
The 6000 series comes in at over twice the price. Is the Open Storage range a suitable alternative (fibre channel support?).
Thanks.

There may be one in the pipeline I hear.... Sometime around June time frame. It will probably be called a 2600 and will be the same as the IBM DS3512, which if it
doesn't materialize by then would be a good bet to pursue. It will probably be cheaper as well.
I got caught out by exactly the problem after buying a 2540 full of 2TB disks in October 2010, I went to add more trays and disks in February and was told it
was no longer available. I was extraordinarily pissed off by this and it may well end up costing Oracle a lot of business. This is not how Sun used to do it with
last ship dates etc. Larry's policy of selling only whats on the truck may well come back to haunt him.
Edited by: Storage Guy on Apr 4, 2011 7:28 PM
Edited by: Storage Guy on Apr 4, 2011 7:29 PM

Clustering Solaris 10 (SPARC) with QFS 4.3

I have searched to no avail for a solution to my error. The error is bolded and Italics in the information below. I would appreciate any assists!!
System
- Dual Sun-Fire-280R with external dual ported SCSI-3 disk arrays.
- Solaris 10 Update 1 with the latest patch set (as of 5/2/06)
- Clustering from Java Enterpriset System 2005Q4 - SPARC
- StorEdge_QFS_4.3
The root/boot disk is not mirrored - don't want to introduce another level
of complication at this point.
I followed an example in one of the docs for "HA-NFS on Volumes Controlled by Solstice DiskSuite/Solaris Volume Manager" from setting up an HA QFS file system".
The following is additional information:#
hosts file for PREFERRED - NOTE Secondary has same entries but PREF and SEC loghosts are switched.
# Internet host table
127.0.0.1 localhost
XXX.xxx.xxx.11 PREFFERED loghost
XXX.xxx.xxx.10 SECONDARY
XXX.xxx.xxx.205 SECONDARY-test
XXX.xxx.xxx.206 PREFERRED-test
XXX.xxx.xxx.207 VIRTUAL
Please NOTE I only have one NIC port to the public net.
ifconfig results from the PREFERRED for the interconnects only
eri0: flags=1008843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,PRIVATE,IPv4> mtu 1500 index 3
inet 172.16.0.129 netmask ffffff80 broadcast 172.16.0.255
ether 0:3:ba:18:70:15
hme0: flags=1008843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,PRIVATE,IPv4> mtu 1500 index 4
inet 172.16.1.1 netmask ffffff80 broadcast 172.16.1.127
ether 8:0:20:9b:bc:f9
clprivnet0: flags=1009843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,MULTI_BCAST,PRIVATE,IPv4> mtu 1500 index 5
inet 172.16.193.1 netmask ffffff00 broadcast 172.16.193.255
ether 0:0:0:0:0:1
lo0: flags=2002000849<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv6,VIRTUAL> mtu 8252 index 1
inet6 ::1/128
eri0: flags=2008841<UP,RUNNING,MULTICAST,PRIVATE,IPv6> mtu 1500 index 3
inet6 fe80::203:baff:fe18:7015/10
ether 0:3:ba:18:70:15
hme0: flags=2008841<UP,RUNNING,MULTICAST,PRIVATE,IPv6> mtu 1500 index 4
inet6 fe80::a00:20ff:fe9b:bcf9/10
ether 8:0:20:9b:bc:f9
PLEASE NOTE!! I did disable ipv6 during Solaris installation and I have modified the defaults to implement NFS - 3
ifconfig results from the SECONDARY for the interconnects only
eri0: flags=1008843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,PRIVATE,IPv4> mtu 1500 index 3
inet 172.16.0.130 netmask ffffff80 broadcast 172.16.0.255
ether 0:3:ba:18:86:fe
hme0: flags=1008843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,PRIVATE,IPv4> mtu 1500 index 4
inet 172.16.1.2 netmask ffffff80 broadcast 172.16.1.127
ether 8:0:20:ac:97:9f
clprivnet0: flags=1009843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,MULTI_BCAST,PRIVATE,IPv4> mtu 1500 index 5
inet 172.16.193.2 netmask ffffff00 broadcast 172.16.193.255
ether 0:0:0:0:0:2
lo0: flags=2002000849<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv6,VIRTUAL> mtu 8252 index 1
inet6 ::1/128
eri0: flags=2008841<UP,RUNNING,MULTICAST,PRIVATE,IPv6> mtu 1500 index 3
inet6 fe80::203:baff:fe18:86fe/10
ether 0:3:ba:18:86:fe
hme0: flags=2008841<UP,RUNNING,MULTICAST,PRIVATE,IPv6> mtu 1500 index 4
inet6 fe80::a00:20ff:feac:979f/10
ether 8:0:20:ac:97:9f
Again - I disabled ipv6 and install time.
I followed all instructions and below are the final scrgadm command sequences:
scrgadm -p | egrep "SUNW.HAStoragePlus|SUNW.LogicalHostname|SUNW.nfs"
scrgadm -a -t SUNW.HAStoragePlus
scrgadm -a -t SUNW.nfs
scrgadm -a -g nfs-rg -y PathPrefix=/global/nfs
scrgadm -a -L -g nfs-rg -l VIRTUAL_HOSTNAME
scrgadm -c -g nfs-rg -h PREFERRED_HOST,SECONDARY_HOST
scrgadm -a -g nfs-rg -j qfsnfs1-res -t SUNW.HAStoragePlus -x FilesystemMountPoints=/global/qfsnfs1 -x Filesy
stemCheckCommand=/bin/true
scswitch -Z -g nfs-rg
scrgadm -a -g nfs-rg -j nfs1-res -t SUNW.nfs -y Resource_dependencies=qfsnfs1-res
PREFERRED_HOST - Some shared paths in file /global/nfs/SUNW.nfs/dfstab.nfs1-res are invalid.
VALIDATE on resource nfs1-res, resource group nfs-rg, exited with non-zero exit status.
Validation of resource nfs1-res in resource group nfs-rg on node PREFERRED_HOST failed.
Below are the contents of /global/nfs/SUNW.nfs/dfstab.nfs1-res:
share -F nfs -o rw /global/qfsnfs1
AND Finally the results of the scstat command - same for both hosts:(root)[503]# scstat
-- Cluster Nodes --
Node name Status
Cluster node: PREF Online
Cluster node: SEC Online
-- Cluster Transport Paths --
Endpoint Endpoint Status
Transport path: PREF:hme0 SEC:hme0 Path online
Transport path: PREF:eri0 SEC:eri0 Path online
-- Quorum Summary --
Quorum votes possible: 3
Quorum votes needed: 2
Quorum votes present: 3
-- Quorum Votes by Node --
Node Name Present Possible Status
Node votes: PREF 1 1 Online
Node votes: SEC 1 1 Online
-- Quorum Votes by Device --
Device Name Present Possible Status
Device votes: /dev/did/rdsk/d3s2 1 1 Online
-- Device Group Servers --
Device Group Primary Secondary
Device group servers: nfs1dg PREF SEC
Device group servers: nfsdg PREF SEC
-- Device Group Status --
Device Group Status
Device group status: nfs1dg Online
Device group status: nfsdg Online
-- Multi-owner Device Groups --
Device Group Online Status
-- Resource Groups and Resources --
Group Name Resources
Resources: nfs-rg VIRTUAL qfsnfs1-res
-- Resource Groups --
Group Name Node Name State
Group: nfs-rg PREF Online
Group: nfs-rg SEC Offline
-- Resources --
Resource Name Node Name State Status Message
Resource: VIRTUAL PREF Online Online - LogicalHo
stname online.
Resource: VIRTUAL SEC Offline Offline - LogicalH
ostname offline.
Resource: qfsnfs1-res PREF Online Online
Resource: qfsnfs1-res SEC Offline Offline
-- IPMP Groups --
Node Name Group Status Adapter Status
IPMP Group: PREF ipmp1 Online ce0 Online
IPMP Group: SEC ipmp1 Online ce0 Online
ALSO the system will not fail over

Good Morning Tim:
Below are the contents of /global/nfs/SUNW.nfs/dfstab.nfs1-res:
share -F nfs -o rw /global/qfsnfs1
Below are the contents of vfstab for the Preferred host:
#device device mount FS fsck mount mount
#to mount to fsck point type pass at boot options
fd - /dev/fd fd - no -
/proc - /proc proc - no -
/dev/dsk/c1t1d0s1 - - swap - no -
/dev/dsk/c1t1d0s0 /dev/rdsk/c1t1d0s0 / ufs 1 no -
#/dev/dsk/c1t1d0s3 /dev/rdsk/c1t1d0s3 /globaldevices ufs 2 yes -
/devices - /devices devfs - no -
ctfs - /system/contract ctfs - no -
objfs - /system/object objfs - no -
swap - /tmp tmpfs - yes size=1024M
/dev/did/dsk/d2s3 /dev/did/rdsk/d2s3 /global/.devices/node@1 ufs 2 no global
qfsnfs1 - /global/qfsnfs1 samfs 2 no sync_meta=1
Below are the contents of vfstab for the Secondary host:
#device device mount FS fsck mount mount
#to mount to fsck point type pass at boot options
fd - /dev/fd fd - no -
/proc - /proc proc - no -
/dev/dsk/c1t1d0s1 - - swap - no -
/dev/dsk/c1t1d0s0 /dev/rdsk/c1t1d0s0 / ufs 1 no -
#/dev/dsk/c1t1d0s3 /dev/rdsk/c1t1d0s3 /globaldevices ufs 2 yes -
/devices - /devices devfs - no -
ctfs - /system/contract ctfs - no -
objfs - /system/object objfs - no -
swap - /tmp tmpfs - yes size=1024M
/dev/did/dsk/d20s3 /dev/did/rdsk/d20s3 /global/.devices/node@2 ufs 2 no global
qfsnfs1 - /global/qfsnfs1 samfs 2 no sync_meta=1
Below are contents of /var/adm/messages from scswitch -Z -g nfs-rg through the offending scrgadm command:
May 15 14:39:21 PREFFERED_HOST Cluster.RGM.rgmd: [ID 784560 daemon.notice] resource qfsnfs1-res status on node PREFFERED_HOST change to R_FM_ONLINE
May 15 14:39:21 PREFFERED_HOST Cluster.RGM.rgmd: [ID 922363 daemon.notice] resource qfsnfs1-res status msg on node PREFFERED_HOST change to <>
May 15 14:39:21 PREFFERED_HOST Cluster.RGM.rgmd: [ID 443746 daemon.notice] resource qfsnfs1-res state on node PREFFERED_HOST change to R_MON_STARTING
May 15 14:39:21 PREFFERED_HOST Cluster.RGM.rgmd: [ID 529407 daemon.notice] resource group nfs-rg state on node PREFFERED_HOST change to RG_PENDING_ON_STARTED
May 15 14:39:21 PREFFERED_HOST Cluster.RGM.rgmd: [ID 707948 daemon.notice] launching method <hastorageplus_monitor_start> for resource <qfsnfs1-res>, resource group <nfs-rg>, timeout <90> seconds
May 15 14:39:21 PREFFERED_HOST Cluster.RGM.rgmd: [ID 736390 daemon.notice] method <hastorageplus_monitor_start> completed successfully for resource <qfsnfs1-res>, resource group <nfs-rg>, time used: 0% of timeout <90 seconds>
May 15 14:39:21 PREFFERED_HOST Cluster.RGM.rgmd: [ID 443746 daemon.notice] resource qfsnfs1-res state on node PREFFERED_HOST change to R_ONLINE
May 15 14:39:22 PREFFERED_HOST Cluster.RGM.rgmd: [ID 736390 daemon.notice] method <hafoip_monitor_start> completed successfully for resource <merater>, resource group <nfs-rg>, time used: 0% of timeout <300 seconds>
May 15 14:39:22 PREFFERED_HOST Cluster.RGM.rgmd: [ID 443746 daemon.notice] resource merater state on node PREFFERED_HOST change to R_ONLINE
May 15 14:39:22 PREFFERED_HOST Cluster.RGM.rgmd: [ID 529407 daemon.notice] resource group nfs-rg state on node PREFFERED_HOST change to RG_ONLINE
May 15 14:42:47 PREFFERED_HOST Cluster.RGM.rgmd: [ID 707948 daemon.notice] launching method <nfs_validate> for resource <nfs1-res>, resource group <nfs-rg>, timeout <300> seconds
May 15 14:42:47 PREFFERED_HOST SC[SUNW.nfs:3.1,nfs-rg,nfs1-res,nfs_validate]: [ID 638868 daemon.error] /global/qfsnfs1 does not exist or is not mounted.
May 15 14:42:47 PREFFERED_HOST SC[SUNW.nfs:3.1,nfs-rg,nfs1-res,nfs_validate]: [ID 792295 daemon.error] Some shared paths in file /global/nfs/admin/SUNW.nfs/dfstab.nfs1-res are invalid.
May 15 14:42:47 PREFFERED_HOST Cluster.RGM.rgmd: [ID 699104 daemon.error] VALIDATE failed on resource <nfs1-res>, resource group <nfs-rg>, time used: 0% of timeout <300, seconds>
If there is anything else that might help, please let me know. I am currently considering tearing the cluseter down and rebuilding it to test with a UFS filesystem to see if the problem might be with QFS.,

Object Array Data Provider Refresh Possible bug

Hello
I am having a problem with Object Array Data Provider in terms that the table's data is not changed corectly after a request as expected, but after two requests.
Steps to reproduce the bug:
0. Create a new Visual Web project, call it 'test'.
Set 'Bundled Tomcat ' or 'Sun 9' as deploy target server.
Edit 'Page1' of the project.
1. Create an Entity class, simple class that has only getters and setters with a few fields (lets say 'id' and 'name').
2. In the SessionBean1 that is generated by the framework create an array of Entity class named 'entityArr', and getters and setters for this field.
3. Add a new Array Object Data Provider on the page and set in its properties as array the array created in the previous step 'entityArr (SessionBean1)'.
4. Add a new table component, and set as data provider the provider created in step 3.
In the Table's Layout map the fields from the Entity class, and set whatever compnents you desire for each component's type or leave the default ones (Static Text).
5. Add a 'property change trigger component' on the page. I called it like this because I tried the following :
5.1 A text field and a button to submit the text value
5.2 A Calendar component with autosubmit
5.3 A DropDown with autosubmit.
6. On the property change trigger component created at step 5 set a value_changed method that changes the the array that should be displayed by the table.
For Example, for a DropDown component, you will have a method like this :
public void dropDown1_processValueChange(ValueChangeEvent event) {
String idStr = (String) event.getNewValue();
System.out.println("Entity id :"+idStr);
if(idStr .equals("item1")) {
fillSessionBean1(true);
else {
fillSessionBean1(false);
getSessionBean1().setItemName(idStr);
private void fillSessionBean1(boolean fillValues) {
Entity[] values ;
if(fillValues) {
values = new Entity[4];
for ( int i=0;i<values.length; i++) {
Entity entity = new Entity();
entity.setDescription("Description "+i);
entity.setName("Name "+i);
entity.setId(i) ;
values[i] = entity;
else {
//values = new Entity[0];
values = null;
getSessionBean1().setEntityArr(values);
7. When running the program, if the selected is Item1, the table does not show the array set if on this branch.
I am using :
Netbeans 5.5 build 20061017100,
Visual Web Pack 070104_2,
Ent.Pack 20061212
jdk 1.6.0
Operating Systems : Both Linux Suse10 and Windows.
If anyone has a solution for this please let me know.

OK
While no one responded, I had to think for myself.
There is a bug in the code generated by netbeans or there is nowhere specified that if you attach an array to a data provider you will have to notify by hand the data provider that the array has changed.
You will have to put this line that is generated in init function in your valuechanged functions :
objectArrayDataProvider1.setArray((java.lang.Object[])getValue("#{SessionBean1.entityArr}"));
I think this aproach is a little bit wrong, even it works.
I believe the data provider should be notified the array has been changed.
There could be a much more simple aproaches :
1. In the code generated by netbeans, if you attach an array to a data provider the data provider will be notified after any set(Object[])
2. The data provider could have a function so you will ne anle to attach to the data provider an Object (the session bean, in my case) and the name of the function that retrieves the array (in my case, 'getEntityArr') .
The code generated by netbeans could add this function easily.
Maybe there are any other better aproaches, and I might be wrong.
It's good that it works.

How to calculate the mean of a section of an array?

hello
i have an array of 26 elements.some sections of it are all zeros and some others are numbered. i want to be able to find the mean of the numbered sections and replace those values. an example 0,0,0,0,0,2,3,4,6,5,7,8,0,0,0,9,8,7,4,0,0,0.....and i want to be able to get it as in 0,0,0,0,0,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,0,0,0,7,7,7,7,0,0,0....
i know you can do it "kinda" manually with the array subset vi. but i want to find a more correct way to do this.can anybody help me on this?
i have attached the array with the actual numbers if it will save you 2 minutes of your time by generating another one
cheers
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Here's an alternative solution (LV 8.0) that uses fewer shift registers and has only one case structure. Se if it makes more sense to you.
Notice that Dr.Ivels solution is incorrect if the array starts with a nonzero segment (e.g. 4,5,0,0,0,0,...), or ends with a nonzero segment (e.g. ...0,0,0,7,8). It would need to be tweaked a bit for correct operations under these conditions.
Please verify correct operations, I haven't fully tested my solution either with pathological data, but it seems to work correctly in the above cases.
Message Edited by altenbach on 02-14-2007 04:10 PM
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Attaching 2540 array to Solaris 8

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