auto convert symbol to string before saving to hdb ?

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I know you can save dpft to save to hdb but symbols affect the sym file. Is there a kdb function which will auto detect a symbol column to string and save it ?

I can write custom code but was wondering if something like that already exists ?

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Something like this could be applied before calling .Q.dpft

@[t;cols[t]where "s"=(0!meta t)t;string]

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Jamie, Can you put this code in a try/catch so an error handler can be invoked. Maybe in a . or a @

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Sure you can. Using t as an argument, you can wrap the above expression into a function. With this function, it’s trivial to construct the try-catch expression.