On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 1:02 PM, <lyallbarbour@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > We had a problem with... the @ symbol, i think. One of the punctuations > for passwords when a user would fire off an Oracle Report. Maybe that is > one of the reasons... > > Ditto that. Do not use '@' in an oracle password. We do use a number of other punctuation characters though. #!$%^()[]{} and even & and * work, though I tend to avoid & and * probably would avoid '.' as well, though I've not tried it. Jared Still Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist Oracle Blog: http://jkstill.blogspot.com Home Page: http://jaredstill.com