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Dag H. Wanvik commented on DERBY-6462:
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I think the directory subsubprotocol is the default one; I found I *can*
specify like this:
ij> connect 'jdbc:derby:directory:mydir/wombat;create=true';
instead of just the normal
ij> connect 'jdbc:derby:mydir/wombat;create=true';
So there is no difference in semantics here. The database name here
("mydir/wombat") is a relative path name (in my proposed terminology). It is
slightly troubling that the database name isn't unique: the name
"mydir/../mydir/wombat" will denote the same data base. But is it the same data
base name(?)... It would all have been easier if we said that the database
identified by a file name (at least when we explicitly or implicitly use the
directory subsubprotocol).
> 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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