TABLE 14. Allowed Characters in Identifiers
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Database
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Identifiers Must Begin with
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Subsequent Characters
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Delimited Identifiers
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Oracle
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an alphabetical character
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alphanumeric characters, _, $ and #
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Supported
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IBM DB2
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Unix, Windows
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an alphabetical character, $, # and @
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alphanumeric characters, _, $, # and @
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Supported
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OS/390
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an alphabetical character
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alphanumeric characters and _
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Supported
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AS/400
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an alphabetical character
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alphanumeric characters and _
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Supported
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Microsoft SQL Server
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an alphabetical character, _ , @ and #
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alphanumeric characters, _, $, # and @
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Supported
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Sybase
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ASE
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an alphabetical character and _
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alphanumeric characters, _, $, # and @
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Supported
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ASA
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an alphabetical character and _
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alphanumeric characters, _, $, # and @
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Supported
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MySQL
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prior to 3.23.6
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alphanumeric characters, _ and $
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alphanumeric characters, _ and $
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Not supported
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3.23.6 or later
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characters that are allowed in a file name, except / or .
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characters that are allowed in a file name, except / or .
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Supported
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Pervasive.SQL
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an alphabetical character
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alphanumeric characters and _
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Supported
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