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Dag H. Wanvik commented on DERBY-6462:
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I think this is better, Kim, thanks!
Only one little thing bothers me now: we tend to use the term "databasename"
(in whatever capitalization, camel case or..), but then we speak about database
path also, as it were something else than the database name.
Actually, our term databasename is mapped directly to a file name, and a file
name maybe be relative or absolute
An absolute file name also has a path prefix, a relative file name may or may
not have a path prefix.
The terminology for file system name elements is platform specific, and it
might be good to define our terms somewhere. E.g.
database name ::= <relative filename path> | <absolute filename path>
Note sure how to proceed with this without it getting too much.... :)
> Provide more information about database name and path syntax
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> Key: DERBY-6462
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DERBY-6462
> Project: Derby
> Issue Type: Bug
> Components: Documentation
> Affects Versions: 10.11.0.0
> Reporter: Dag H. Wanvik
> Assignee: Kim Haase
> Attachments: DERBY-6462-2.diff, DERBY-6462-2.stat, DERBY-6462-2.zip,
> DERBY-6462-3.diff, DERBY-6462-3.zip, DERBY-6462.diff, DERBY-6462.stat,
> DERBY-6462.zip
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> Except for initial Windows drive letters (e.g. K:/derby), colons break Derby.
> Windows can't have colons in directory of file names, so this is a Unix issue.
> [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa365247%28VS.85%29.aspx#file_and_directory_names]
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