Location vs Location Group

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I am confused with location with location group. When I tried to create location, I understand a group/record is created.

set theGroup to create location "/TestGroup/" in database "Test"

Base on the dictionary, I thought with location, I will be able to get the POSIX path of the group/record, ie /TestGroup/

But, instead, I am getting “/” as location and “test” (lowercase) as location group. path is also not getting the POSIX path.

So, what is a location and what is a location group? How can I get the POSIX path of the group/record?

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A group is a logical concept, not a folder . It has no physical path.

Why do you think you need that path?

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The location of this group is indeed /, it’s located at the root of the database.

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So, for any operation with the group you need just UUID of this group. Only indexed group may have a real path in filesystem.

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I can understand that this group is located at /, the root of the database. What is location group? location group is “test”, the database?

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Yes, the location group is the root of the database in this case.

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Hmm…so the root of the database is test, the database itself?

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Not really. The database itself is a database. The root of it is a record.

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If the group is deep in the hierarchy (like, /TestGroup/SubGroup/Sub-SubGroup), it will be easier to figure out where it is if I need to traverse the path/hierarchy.

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No. But the root’s name is the one of the database.