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Database Administration
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Progress Database Name Limits

Table 3–8 lists the database name limits for each operating system.

Table 3–8: Database Name Limits 
Name
Type
Limit
Database names
One to 11 characters, excluding the pathname. You cannot use a file extension.
Pathnames
One to 255 characters, including the database name.

Database names can consist of any combination of English letters and numbers, beginning with A–Z or a–z. They cannot include Progress 4GL or SQL-92 reserved words, any accented letters, or the following special characters:

\  "  ’  *  ;  |  ?  [  ]  (  )   !   {  }  <  >   @    +    =    :    ~ 


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