Map LAN Manager Login Names to Server Names

All login names in SAP ASE must be valid identifiers. However, external security mechanisms, such as LAN Manager, may allow login names that are invalid in SAP ASE.

For example, login names that are longer than 30 characters or that contain special characters such as !, %, *, and & are invalid names in SAP ASE.

Conversion of Invalid Characters in Login Names

Invalid Character

Converts to

Ampersand &

Apostrophe '

Backslash \

Colon :

Comma ,

Equals sign =

Left single quotation mark ‘

Percent sign%

Right angle bracket >

Right single quotation mark ’

Tilde ~

Underscore _

Caret ^

Curly brackets { }

Exclamation point !

Left angle bracket <

Parentheses ( )

Period .

Question mark ?

Dollar sign $

Asterisk *

Minus sign -

Pipe |

Plus sign +

Quotation marks " "

Semicolon ;

Slash /

Square brackets [ ]

Pound sign #

For more information about identifiers, see the Reference Manual: Blocks.