HALDB partition names

The HALDB partition name is a unique, 7-character alphanumeric identifier that you define and control.

Unless you delete the HALDB master database or the partition, the partition name does not change. The partition name does not necessarily correspond to the records that the partition contains.

Tip: If you want the partition names in a HALDB database to reflect the record keys that each partition contains, and if you want to keep the partition names in sequence over the life of the database, assign names to your partitions that provide room for new partitions to be added to the database without breaking the naming sequence.

For example, you could define the following partition names: ABC100, ABC200, ABC300, ABC400, ABC500, and so forth, to conform to the key range sequence of the records they contain. If partition ABC300 later becomes too large and you need to split its records by adding a new partition, you can name the new partition ABC250 without breaking the naming sequence.

You can specify a partition name instead of a master database name in many commands to restrict the command to the specified partition.