1. Runtime Administration Guide
  2. Data Sources

Data Sources

The naming conventions for a data source are as follows:

  • Limited to 30 characters.

  • Case-sensitive.

Specific naming convention exceptions for the Client Access data source are as follows:

  • Limited to 32 characters.

  • Must begin with an alphabetic character.

  • You cannot use the following characters:

  • { }

  • [ ]

  • ( )

  • ?

  • *

  • =

  • !

  • @

  • ;

    Note: You must type the data source name before you can use the Client Access ODBC driver to access IBM i data.