[jira] [Commented] (DERBY-6462) Provide more information about database name and path syntax

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

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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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