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Rules for Defining Distribution Identifiers

Follow these rules when defining distribution identifiers:

• The DISTID must contain 1 to 32 characters.
• The characters that can be used in the identifier name depend on the version of the database.
  • For databases starting at Version 12.0:

    Letters (A-Z), Numbers (0-9), Period (.), National characters ($,#,@), Percent sign (%), Cent sign (¢), Exclamation mark (!), Slash (/), Underscore (_), Dash (-), Blank ( ), Left parentheses"(", Right parentheses ")", Plus (+), Bar (|), Ampersand (&), Semicolon (;), Not Sign (¬), Broken bar (¦), Comma (,) Less than (<), Greater than(>), Equal (=), Question mark(?), Colon(:), Single quote(‘), or Double quote(").

    Leading blanks are not valid.

  • For database versions before Version 12.0:

    The characters of the identifier name can be: Letters, Numbers, Period, National character ($, #, @), Percent sign (%), Cent sign (¢), Exclamation mark (!), Slash (/), Underscore (_), or Dash (hyphen).

    Do not use blanks or any special characters that are not in this list.