Supported Special Characters
Oracle GoldenGate supports all characters that are supported by the database, including the following special characters. Object names that contain these special characters must be enclosed within double quotes in parameter files.
| Character | Description |
|---|---|
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/ |
Forward slash (See Specifying Names that Contain Slashes) |
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* |
Asterisk (Must be escaped by a backward slash when used in parameter file, as in: |
|
? |
Question mark (Must be escaped by a backward slash when used in parameter file, as in: |
|
@ |
At symbol (Supported, but is often used as a resource locator by databases. May cause problems in object names) |
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# |
Pound symbol |
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$ |
Dollar symbol |
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% |
Percent symbol (Must be |
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^ |
Caret symbol |
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( ) |
Open and close parentheses |
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_ |
Underscore |
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- |
Dash |
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<space> |
Space |