Index: bindings/traits/ublas_banded.hpp
===================================================================
--- bindings/traits/ublas_banded.hpp	(Revision 43794)
+++ bindings/traits/ublas_banded.hpp	(Arbeitskopie)
@@ -76,20 +76,24 @@
     static int leading_dimension (matrix_type& m) {
       // g++ 2.95.4 and 3.0.4 (with -pedantic) dislike 
       //   identifier_type::functor_type::size2()
-      return lower_bandwidth(m) + upper_bandwidth(m) + 1 ;
+      //return lower_bandwidth(m) + upper_bandwidth(m) + 1 ;
+      typedef typename identifier_type::orientation_category                      orientation_category; 
+      return detail::ublas_banded_ordering<orientation_category>::leading_dimension(m) ;
     }
 
     // stride1 == distance (m (i, j), m (i+1, j)) 
     static int stride1 (matrix_type& m) { 
       typedef typename identifier_type::orientation_category                      orientation_category; 
-      typedef typename detail::ublas_ordering<orientation_category>::functor_type functor_t ;
-      return functor_t::one2 ( std::max(m.size1(), m.size2()), leading_dimension(m)-1 ) ;
+      //typedef typename detail::ublas_ordering<orientation_category>::functor_type functor_t ;
+      //return functor_t::one2 ( std::max(m.size1(), m.size2()), leading_dimension(m)-1 ) ;
+      return detail::ublas_banded_ordering<orientation_category>::stride1(m) ;
     } 
     // stride2 == distance (m (i, j), m (i, j+1)) 
     static int stride2 (matrix_type& m) { 
       typedef typename identifier_type::orientation_category                      orientation_category; 
-      typedef typename detail::ublas_ordering<orientation_category>::functor_type functor_t ;
-      return functor_t::one1 ( std::max(m.size1(), m.size2()), leading_dimension(m)-1 ) ;
+      //typedef typename detail::ublas_ordering<orientation_category>::functor_type functor_t ;
+      //return functor_t::one1 ( std::max(m.size1(), m.size2()), leading_dimension(m)-1 ) ;
+      return detail::ublas_banded_ordering<orientation_category>::stride2(m) ;
     }
   }; 
 
Index: bindings/traits/detail/ublas_ordering.hpp
===================================================================
--- bindings/traits/detail/ublas_ordering.hpp	(Revision 43794)
+++ bindings/traits/detail/ublas_ordering.hpp	(Arbeitskopie)
@@ -68,6 +68,46 @@
       }
     };
 
+    template <typename StOrdTag>
+    struct ublas_banded_ordering {};
+    
+    template<> 
+    struct ublas_banded_ordering<boost::numeric::ublas::row_major_tag> {
+
+      template <typename M>
+      static int leading_dimension( M const& m ) {
+        return m.lower() + m.upper() + 1 ;
+      }
+
+      template <typename M>
+      static int stride1( M const& m ) {
+        return 1 ;
+      }
+
+      template <typename M>
+      static int stride2( M const& m ) {
+        return leading_dimension(m)-1 ;
+      }
+    };
+    
+    template<> 
+    struct ublas_banded_ordering<boost::numeric::ublas::column_major_tag> {
+
+      template <typename M>
+      static int leading_dimension( M const& m ) {
+        return m.lower() + m.upper() + 1 ;
+      }
+
+      template <typename M>
+      static int stride1( M const& m ) {
+        return std::max(m.size1(), m.size2()) ;
+      }
+
+      template <typename M>
+      static int stride2( M const& m ) {
+        return 1 ;
+      }
+    };
   }
 
 }}}}