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Kim Haase commented on DERBY-6462:
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We should observe the most common terminology conventions, I think. Would it
make sense to replace "database name" with "database path name" when we talk
about the syntax? For example, suppose the "databaseName=nameOfDatabase
attribute" topic began like this:
Specifies a database path name for a connection. You can use this attribute
instead of specifying the database name after the subprotocol.
The nameOfDatabase value can be either an absolute path name or a path name
relative to derby.system.home. For example, thisDB, databases/thisDB, and
c:/databases/2014/january/thisDB can all be valid values.
The path separator in the connection URL is a forward slash (/), even in
Windows path names. The nameOfDatabase value cannot contain a colon (:), except
for the colon after the drive name in a Windows path name.
> 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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