netCDF: ignore the attribute valid_range, if the data type is inconsitent

ChangeLog

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 2013-02-04  Uwe Schulzweida  <Uwe.Schulzweida@zmaw.de>
 
+	* netCDF: ignore the attribute valid_range, if the data type is inconsitent
 	* netCDF: added env IGNORE_VALID_RANGE to ignore the attribute valid_range
 
 2013-01-31  Uwe Schulzweida  <Uwe.Schulzweida@zmaw.de>

src/stream_cdf.c

@@ -4723,7 +4723,9 @@ void cdfScanVarAttributes(int nvars, ncvar_t *ncvars, ncdim_t *ncdims,
               if ( ncvars[ncvarid].lvalidrange == FALSE )
                 {
                   extern int cdiIgnoreValidRange;
-                  if ( cdiIgnoreValidRange == FALSE )
+                  int lignore = FALSE;
+                  if ( (atttype == NC_FLOAT || atttype == NC_DOUBLE) && xtype != NC_FLOAT && xtype != NC_DOUBLE ) lignore = TRUE;
+                  if ( cdiIgnoreValidRange == FALSE && lignore == FALSE )
                     {
                       cdfGetAttDouble(ncid, ncvarid, attname, 2, ncvars[ncvarid].validrange);
                       ncvars[ncvarid].lvalidrange = TRUE;
@@ -4731,6 +4733,10 @@ void cdfScanVarAttributes(int nvars, ncvar_t *ncvars, ncdim_t *ncdims,
                         ncvars[ncvarid].lunsigned = TRUE;
                       /* cdfSetVar(ncvars, ncvarid, TRUE); */
                     }
+                  else if ( lignore )
+                    {
+                      Warning("Inconsistent data type for attribute %s:valid_range, ignored!", name);
+                    }
                 }
             }
           else if ( strcmp(attname, "valid_min") == 0 && attlen == 1 )