diff --git a/devsupApp/src/dbdset.c b/devsupApp/src/dbdset.c
index c5a5019..062a8aa 100644
--- a/devsupApp/src/dbdset.c
+++ b/devsupApp/src/dbdset.c
@@ -101,8 +101,6 @@ static long add_record(dbCommon *prec)
     PyGILState_STATE pystate;
     long ret;
 
-    fprintf(stderr, "%s: init_record\n", prec->name);
-
     if(!priv) {
         DBENTRY ent;
 
@@ -169,6 +167,7 @@ static long add_record(dbCommon *prec)
         goto done;
     }
     assert(priv->support);
+    assert(priv->pyrecord);
     ret = 0;
 done:
     PyGILState_Release(pystate);
@@ -180,8 +179,6 @@ static long del_record(dbCommon *prec)
     pyDevice *priv=prec->dpvt;
     PyGILState_STATE pystate;
 
-    fprintf(stderr, "%s: del_record.  priv=%p\n", prec->name, priv);
-
     if(!priv)
         return 0;
 
@@ -194,6 +191,7 @@ static long del_record(dbCommon *prec)
     }
 
     assert(!priv->support);
+    assert(!priv->pyrecord);
 
     PyGILState_Release(pystate);
     return 0;
diff --git a/devsupApp/src/dbfield.c b/devsupApp/src/dbfield.c
index b949aba..6b0e372 100644
--- a/devsupApp/src/dbfield.c
+++ b/devsupApp/src/dbfield.c
@@ -172,26 +172,28 @@ static PyObject* pyField_putval(pyField *self, PyObject* args)
 }
 
 static PyObject *pyField_getarray(pyField *self)
-#ifdef HAVE_NUMPY
 {
+#ifdef HAVE_NUMPY
     int flags = NPY_CARRAY;
     char *data=self->addr.pfield;
     npy_int dims[1] = {self->addr.no_elements};
     PyArray_Descr *desc;
+
     if(self->addr.field_type>DBF_ENUM) {
         PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "Can not map field type to numpy type");
         return NULL;
-    }
+    } else if(self->addr.field_type==DBF_STRING)
+        dims[0] *= self->addr.field_size;
+
     desc = dbf2np[self->addr.field_type];
     Py_XINCREF(desc);
     return PyArray_NewFromDescr(&PyArray_Type, desc, 1, dims, NULL, data, flags, (PyObject*)self);
-}
+
 #else
-{
     PyErr_SetNone(PyExc_NotImplementedError);
     return NULL;
-}
 #endif
+}
 
 static PyMethodDef pyField_methods[] = {
     {"name", (PyCFunction)pyField_name, METH_NOARGS,