# RE: \[personal kdb+\] Iterate saving down a table

**URL:** <https://forum.kx.com/t/re-personal-kdb-iterate-saving-down-a-table/9811>\
**Category:** Community Support\
**Tags:** imported, kdb-and-q\
**Created:** [May 11, 2015, 3:50pm UTC](https://forum.kx.com/t/re-personal-kdb-iterate-saving-down-a-table/9811 "2015-05-11T15:50:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![david\_demner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7993a0/32.png) [@david\_demner](https://forum.kx.com/u/david_demner)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2015, 3:50pm UTC](https://forum.kx.com/t/re-personal-kdb-iterate-saving-down-a-table/9811/1 "2015-05-11T15:50:00Z")

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User-Agent: Workspace Webmail 5.14.0Message-Id: \<20150511075056.85f80dae80d1d2f2e266ec6278e6cbe8.f9b38e6824.wbe@email07.europe.secureserver.net\>From: “David Demner (AquaQ)” \<david.demner\>To: personal-kdbplus@googlegroups.comSubject: RE: [personal kdb+] Iterate saving down a tableDate: Mon, 11 May 2015 07:50:56 -0700Mime-Version: 1.0

You would have to pass in the table name as the parameter, like so:

  

savedata:{[tab;dt] .Q.dpft[`:/home/dir/hdb;dt;`sym;tab];}

savedata[`t;.z.d-1]

  

and then something like

savedata[;.z.d-1]each tables[]

(assuming all tables should be parted by sym)

  

 

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