Here is what GemFire docs states about region names: http://gemfire.docs.pivotal.io/docs-gemfire/latest/basic_config/data_regions/region_naming.html
But again, we have supported other chars as part of region names... The Query engine allows/detects region name with: "_", “+”, “-“, “:”, “#”, “@“, “$”. -Anil. On Thu, Jun 30, 2016 at 11:03 AM, Kevin Duling <kdul...@pivotal.io> wrote: > I'm working on a bug where it is not possible to delete a region that has a > hyphen in it. E.g., the region was created with: > > create region --name=not-good --type=REPLICATE > > I've a solution done, but see this as an opportunity to add a test for > other special characters. Is there a list of valid and invalid characters > for a region name? >