# Missing attribute 'p#' in meta of partition column in partition table

**URL:** <https://forum.kx.com/t/missing-attribute-p-in-meta-of-partition-column-in-partition-table/12520>\
**Category:** Community Support\
**Tags:** kdb-and-q\
**Created:** [April 26, 2022, 11:01pm UTC](https://forum.kx.com/t/missing-attribute-p-in-meta-of-partition-column-in-partition-table/12520 "2022-04-26T23:01:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![k-mambo1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/cc9497/32.png) [@k-mambo1](https://forum.kx.com/u/k-mambo1)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2022, 11:01pm UTC](https://forum.kx.com/t/missing-attribute-p-in-meta-of-partition-column-in-partition-table/12520/1 "2022-04-26T23:01:00Z")

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**.Q.PV** results confirm that the partitions are sequential.

The partition table is properly verified as a result of **.Q.pt.**

However, if you check the meta information in the partition table, the **Parted** attr in the partition column is not displayed.

I wonder if there are any performance issues even if the attributes are not displayed.

If so, what action should I do?

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**Author:** ![nugend1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d6d6ee/32.png) [@nugend1](https://forum.kx.com/u/nugend1)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2022, 1:18am UTC](https://forum.kx.com/t/missing-attribute-p-in-meta-of-partition-column-in-partition-table/12520/2 "2022-04-27T01:18:00Z")

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Be aware that the p attribute is not directly correlated with whether a table is partitioned or not. A table being partitioned refers to the fact that it stored inside multiple partition directories within the database. A column having the p attribute means that the data in the column is ordered in contiguous, unique blocks.

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You will at least have to update the columns with the p attribute manually and you may have to re-sort the data in each of the partitions for the table.

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**Author:** ![k-mambo1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/cc9497/32.png) [@k-mambo1](https://forum.kx.com/u/k-mambo1)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2022, 2:35am UTC](https://forum.kx.com/t/missing-attribute-p-in-meta-of-partition-column-in-partition-table/12520/3 "2022-04-27T02:35:00Z")

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For query performance, is it right that there should be additional attributes for time and symbol columns in addition to the partition column?