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The <variable>s contains invalid characters.

The text contains invalid characters. Check 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 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 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 national language characters.
• Storage Group Name
  • The first character must be alphabetic.
  • All other characters must be numeric or alphabetic or an underscore.
  • The length must be 8 characters or less.
  • An entry is required.
  • No national language characters.
• Synonym
  • The first character must be alphabetic.
  • All other characters must be numeric or alphabetic or an underscore.
  • The length must be 30 characters or less.
  • No national language characters.
• Entry point name
• Tablespace name
• Indexspace name
• Database Name
  • The first character must be alphabetic or one of the following characters: @ # $.
  • All other characters must be numeric, alphabetic, or @ # $.
  • The length must be 9 characters or less.
  • An entry is required.
  • The field will not accept double-byte characters.
  • The field accepts the following national language characters only: @ # $.
• Field name
• Table name of a record object
  • The first character must be alphabetic or one of the following characters: @ # $.
  • All other characters must be numeric, alphabetic, or one of the following characters: @ # $ or underscore.
  • The length must be 30 characters or less.
  • The field will not accept double-byte characters.
  • The field accepts the following national language characters only: @ # $.
• Linkage name
  • The first character must be alphabetic or one of the following characters: @ # $.
  • All other characters must be numeric, alphabetic, or one of the following characters: @ # $.
  • The length must be 8 characters or less.
  • The field will not accept double-byte characters.
  • The field accepts the following national language characters only: @ # $.
• Record names
  • The first character must be alphabetic or one of the following characters: @ # $.
  • All other characters must be numeric, alphabetic, or one of the following characters: @ # $ or underscore.
  • The length must be 1-32 characters.
  • An entry is required.
  • The field will not accept double-byte characters.
  • The field accepts the following national language characters only: @ # $.)
• 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.