Toolset Messages › General Error Messages › The <variable>s cannot contain blanks or underscores only and the first character must be alphabetic. Please reenter in the valid format.

The <variable>s cannot contain blanks or underscores only and the first character must be alphabetic. Please reenter in the valid format.

The format is invalid. To correct the entry, use the following guidelines:

• Authorization ID
• Owner
• Password
  • The first character must be alphabetic.
  • All other characters must be numeric or alphabetic.
  • The length must be 8 characters or less.
  • No double-byte characters or national language characters.
• Edit procedure name
• Valid procedure name
• Field procedure
  • The first character must be alphabetic.
  • All other characters must be numeric or alphabetic.
  • The length must be 30 characters or less.
  • No double-byte characters or national language characters.
• VCAT
  • The first character must be alphabetic.
  • All other characters must be numeric or alphabetic.
  • The length must be 8 characters or less.
  • No double-byte characters or national language characters.
• Storage Group Name
  • The first character must be alphabetic.
  • All other characters must be numeric, alphabetic, or an underscore.
  • The length must be 8 characters or less.
  • No double-byte characters or national language characters.
• Synonym
  • The first character must be alphabetic.
  • All other characters must be numeric, alphabetic, or an underscore.
  • The length must be 30 characters or less.
  • No double byte-characters or national language characters.
• DASD Volume ID
  • The length must be 6 characters or less.
  • The first character must not be numeric.
  • All other characters must be numeric, alphabetic or @ # or $.
  • The field will not accept national language characters.