[jira] [Commented] (DERBY-6462) Documentation should mention that the database name (including its resolved path) cannot contain a colon

["Kim Haase (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Kim Haase commented on DERBY-6462:
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Some of the topics that will need to change are

Tools Guide: "ij.database property" (http://db.apache.org/derby/docs/10.10/tools/rtoolsijpropref28146.html)

Reference Manual: "databaseName=nameofDatabase attribute" (http://db.apache.org/derby/docs/10.10/ref/rrefattrib17246.html)

Developer's Guide: "Conventions for specifying the database path" (http://db.apache.org/derby/docs/10.10/devguide/cdevdvlp40350.html)

There are more.

> Documentation should mention that the database name (including its resolved path) cannot contain a colon
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>                 Key: DERBY-6462
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DERBY-6462
>             Project: Derby
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: Documentation
>            Reporter: Dag H. Wanvik
>            Assignee: Kim Haase
>
> 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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