The length of the password and the permitted characters depend on the system with which connection is established. Table 27-4 shows the permitted password length, and Table 27-5 shows the permitted characters that can be used in a password.

Table 27-4 Permitted password length

System to be connected	Permitted password length
HiRDB	Maximum 30 characters1
ORACLE	Maximum 30 characters2
XDM/RD	Maximum 30 characters3
RDB1 E2	Maximum 8 characters
SQL/K	Maximum 30 characters4

¹ Can also be omitted.

² When Oracle is the distributed client, a maximum of 8 characters is permitted for the password used to establish connection with HiRDB.

³ When TRUST E2 is used with the XDM/RD system, a maximum of 8 characters is permitted.

⁴ SQL/K does not check passwords. The password specified at the HiRDB side is ignored by SQL/K.

Table 27-5 Characters permitted in a password

System to be connected	Characters permitted in password
	A-Z	a-z	0-9	#	@, \	Other
HiRDB	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N
ORACLE	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N
XDM/RD	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	N
RDB1 E2	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	N
SQL/K	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N

Y: Permitted.

N: Not permitted.