# in Password

Azzuri · Post by **Azzuri** » Mon Apr 12, 2010 8:10 am

Hi All, I have character # contained in a password. Will this work ? Is there a work around?

ArndW · Post by **ArndW** » Mon Apr 12, 2010 9:39 am

Yes, you can have the hash symbol in a password. What problem are you having and in what job/stage or sequence?

Azzuri · Post by **Azzuri** » Mon Apr 12, 2010 10:21 am

Its Actually a Project Environment variable that is used in many DB stages.

So if password was Spr#ing05 what would I enter it the Administrator?

Azzuri · Post by **Azzuri** » Mon Apr 12, 2010 10:22 am

Soory I misread your last reply. Haven't tried yet just thoght it might be an issue.

Thanks!

DataQuality_IS8.1 · Post by **DataQuality_IS8.1** » Mon Apr 12, 2010 11:35 am

Hi,

We had issues with DS admin password having a '#' in it. Not exactly sure why but when we ran the QS jobs after the password change containing # the log clearly specified that it was due to a character in the password.

Jobs ran successfully after eliminating # from the password

Thanks,
Karuna

wernerg_at · Post by **wernerg_at** » Mon Apr 12, 2010 1:07 pm

Hi,

I ran into a similar issue using DS 8.1. You may try to enclose the password in quotation marks (either single or double).

BR

Werner