I have a splayed table which I can select data from just fine.
When I try to view the meta data I get a `sym
error. Can anyone suggest reasons why this might happen?
q)meta tablename
k){$[(20h>t)|77h<t:@x;`;98h>@. t:!x;`;t]}
'sym
.:
`sym
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You are getting error because enumerated sym file is missing. Normally Q interpreter looks it into one directory above splayed directory.
For ex: If you give a save command like this:
q) t:([]sym:`a`b;id:1 2)
q) `:/home/test/t/ set .Q.en[`:test] t
It will create directory 't' inside /home/test for splayed table 't' and create enumerated 'sym' file in directory /home/test.
To load this table:
q)\l /home/test
Other thing is, you can also load enumerated 'sym' file manually like this:
q)sym:get `:path to sym file
All tables in memory will automatically get mapped to this new list.
Reference: http://code.kx.com/q4m3/14_Introduction_to_Kdb+/#1422-splayed-tables-with-symbol-columns