Naming Restrictions for Applications and Databases

When naming an application, follow these rules:

• Use no more than eight characters for an application's name.

• Don't use spaces or tabs.

• Don't use an underscore ( _ ) as either the first or last character.

• Don't use these special characters:

  Table 29-1 Restricted Characters in Application Names

  Character	Meaning
  *	asterisk
  \	backslash
  [ ]	brackets
  :	colon
  ,	comma
  "	double quotation mark
  =	equal sign
  >	greater than sign
  <	less than sign
  .	period
  +	plus sign
  ?	question mark
  ;	semicolon
  '	single quotation mark
  /	slash
  |	vertical bar

• For application names in relational database environments, don't use extended characters (except for underscores).

• For aggregate storage databases, don't use DEFAULT, LOG, METADATA, or TEMP as application names.

Enter names in the preferred case. Application names are created exactly as entered.