# Problem with splayed table

**URL:** <https://forum.kx.com/t/problem-with-splayed-table/7492>\
**Category:** Community Support\
**Tags:** kdb-and-q\
**Created:** [December 8, 2011, 7:52am UTC](https://forum.kx.com/t/problem-with-splayed-table/7492 "2011-12-08T07:52:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Georgy\_Bolyuba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Georgy\_Bolyuba](https://forum.kx.com/u/Georgy_Bolyuba)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2011, 7:52am UTC](https://forum.kx.com/t/problem-with-splayed-table/7492/1 "2011-12-08T07:52:00Z")

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Hi,I am trying to load splayed table (historical db) that used to workjust fine. Now if I am attempting to load it (\l /path/to/table) itshows this:k){$[0\>@!x:-1!x;. x;x`]}`type.:`:-laI am trying to trace back recent changes, but I am a bit lost. Cansomeone help me understand the k error message?

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**Author:** ![Georgy\_Bolyuba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Georgy\_Bolyuba](https://forum.kx.com/u/Georgy_Bolyuba)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2011, 8:11am UTC](https://forum.kx.com/t/problem-with-splayed-table/7492/2 "2011-12-08T08:11:00Z")

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Is there any way to diagnose this type of problems? See moredescriptive error message?On Dec 8, 8:52?am, Georgy Bolyuba \<boly…\> wrote:\> ? Hi,\>\> I am trying to load splayed table (historical db) that used to work\> just fine. Now if I am attempting to load it (\l /path/to/table) it\> shows this:\>\> k){$[0\>@!x:-1!x;. x;x`]}\> `type\> .:\> `:-la\>\> I am trying to trace back recent changes, but I am a bit lost. Can\> someone help me understand the k error message?\</boly…\>

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**Author:** ![charlie1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ec9cab/32.png) [@charlie1](https://forum.kx.com/u/charlie1)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2011, 9:51am UTC](https://forum.kx.com/t/problem-with-splayed-table/7492/3 "2011-12-08T09:51:00Z")

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it is trying to load file&nbsp;

-la

which is not of a kdb+ binary type.

Presumably you have a file called “-la” somewhere within your hdb filesystem.

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**Author:** ![Georgy\_Bolyuba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Georgy\_Bolyuba](https://forum.kx.com/u/Georgy_Bolyuba)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2011, 10:00am UTC](https://forum.kx.com/t/problem-with-splayed-table/7492/4 "2011-12-08T10:00:00Z")

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That was it. Thank you!Another quick question: is there a way to tell KDB that splayed tablechanged without bouncing it?On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 10:51 AM, Charles Skelton wrote:\> it is trying to load file\>\> -la\>\> which is not of a kdb+ binary type.\>\> Presumably you have a file called “-la” somewhere within your hdb\> filesystem.\>\> On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 8:52 AM, Georgy Bolyuba wrote:\>\>\>\> Hi,\>\>\>\> I am trying to load splayed table (historical db) that used to work\>\> just fine. Now if I am attempting to load it (\l /path/to/table) it\>\> shows this:\>\>\>\> k){$[0\>@!x:-1!x;. x;x`]}\>\> `type\>\> .:\>\> `:-la\>\>\>\> I am trying to trace back recent changes, but I am a bit lost. Can\>\> someone help me understand the k error message?\>\> –\>

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**Author:** ![charlie1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ec9cab/32.png) [@charlie1](https://forum.kx.com/u/charlie1)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2011, 10:20am UTC](https://forum.kx.com/t/problem-with-splayed-table/7492/5 "2011-12-08T10:20:00Z")

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in an hdb, rescan for new partitions using

\l .

splays defer reading until used, so if they were present at original loading time, and changed since then, the changes should appear anyway without explicit reload/rescan.

Note that changing files in use by another kdb+ process may result in that process crashing.

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**Author:** ![Georgy\_Bolyuba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Georgy\_Bolyuba](https://forum.kx.com/u/Georgy_Bolyuba)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2011, 10:27am UTC](https://forum.kx.com/t/problem-with-splayed-table/7492/6 "2011-12-08T10:27:00Z")

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Great, thank you!