Reply To: What is the difference between the sym files

[rocuinneagain]

1. The sym file in root of the partitioned database is an enumeration file.
2. Each date does not have it’s own enumeration file.
3. The sym files inside the date/table folders are columns of name sym.

These names are not enforced but it is a common practice that ticker symbols are stored in a column named ‘sym’ of type symbol and are enumerated against a file called ‘sym’.

• https://code.kx.com/q4m3/14_Introduction_to_Kdb%2B/#143-partitioned-tables
• https://code.kx.com/q4m3/14_Introduction_to_Kdb%2B/#1422-splayed-tables-with-symbol-columns
• https://code.kx.com/q/ref/dotq/#ens-enumerate-against-domain