Fix for reading text records.

Author: perrymanmd

pyproject.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "hec-dss-python"
-version = "0.1.26"
+version = "0.1.28"
 description = "Python wrapper for the HEC-DSS file database C library."
 authors = ["Hydrologic Engineering Center"]
 license = "MIT"

setup.cfg

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [metadata]
 name = hecdss
-version = 0.1.27
+version = 0.1.28
 author = Hydrologic Engineering Center
 author_email =hec.dss@usace.army.mil
 description = Python wrapper for the HEC-DSS file database C library.

src/hecdss/__init__.py

@@ -6,4 +6,5 @@
 from hecdss.regular_timeseries import RegularTimeSeries
 from hecdss.array_container import ArrayContainer
 from hecdss.paired_data import PairedData
+from hecdss.text import Text
 

src/hecdss/hecdss.py

@@ -138,15 +138,16 @@ def _get_text(self, pathname: str):
         textLength = 1024
 
 
-        BUFFER_TOO_SMALL = -1
+        BUFFER_TOO_SMALL = -17
         textArray = []
         status = self._native.hec_dss_textRetrieve(pathname, textArray, textLength)
         while status == BUFFER_TOO_SMALL:
             textLength *= 2
-            status = self._native.hec_dss_textRetrieve(pathname, textArray, textLength)
             if textLength > 2*1048576:  # 2 MB
                 print(f"Text record too large to read from '{pathname}'")
                 return None
+            textArray = [] # otherwise we get an entry for each attempt
+            status = self._native.hec_dss_textRetrieve(pathname, textArray, textLength)
 
         if status != 0:
             print(f"Error reading text from '{pathname}'")