Character Limitations

There is a limitation on the number of characters you can use for certain Mart Server parameters. The following table gives information about such parameters:

Parameter/Field	Character Limitation
Username	450 (Server User, Windows User, and Group) Also, refer to the special character limitations below. For international OS (I18N), if the character set being used is Double byte Character Set (DBCS) then the character limit is 225.
Password	130
Email Address	130 Also, refer to the special character limitations below.
Profile Name	130
Profile Description	2000
Catalog Name	255
Catalog Description	4000

Apart from the above character limits, for the User Name and Email Address parameters, following are the permitted special characters:

Parameter/Field

Permitted Special Characters

Username

Server User: . (dot), _ (underscore), - (hyphen), ~ (tilde), ^ (carat), # (hash), ! (exclamation mark)

Windows User: \ (backslash), . (dot), _ (underscore), - (hyphen), ~ (tilde), ^ (carat), # (hash), ! (exclamation mark)

Group User: . (dot), _ (underscore), - (hyphen), ~ (tilde), ^ (carat), # (hash), ! (exclamation mark), + (plus), % (percent)

Email Address

Server User: @ (at sign), - (hyphen), % (percent), _ (underscore), + (plus), . (dot), ~ (tilde), ^ (carat), # (hash), ! (exclamation mark)

Windows User: @ (at sign), % (percent), + (plus), . (dot), _ (underscore), - (hyphen), ~ (tilde), ^ (carat), # (hash), ! (exclamation mark)

Group User: . (dot), - (hyphen)