Re: valid chars mysql db username

2008-09-17 Thread Peter Brawley
>Thanks, but is there any technical reason where using "@" might break something? >However if there's even the slightest risk of an implosion, naturally we will not. Eh? Did you read the manual page on identifiers? PB Res wrote: Hi Peter, On Wed, 17 Sep 2008, Peter Brawley wrote: I'm look

Re: valid chars mysql db username

2008-09-17 Thread Mr. Shawn H. Corey
On Thu, 2008-09-18 at 08:34 +1000, Res wrote: > Hi Peter, > > On Wed, 17 Sep 2008, Peter Brawley wrote: > > >> I'm looking at using the "@" symbol > > > > Don't. Restrict yourself to alphanums and '_'. > > Thanks, but is there any technical reason where using "@" might break > something? Howeve

Re: valid chars mysql db username

2008-09-17 Thread Peter Brawley
>I'm looking at using the "@" symbol Don't. Restrict yourself to alphanums and '_'. PB Res wrote: Hi All, Does anyone have a reference to what is regarded a legal valid chars for the MySQL database username? You can imagine what google shows me, everything totally irrelevant, as usual. The