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SAS/ACCESS Software for Relational Databases: Reference

Informix Naming Conventions

Table and column names must begin with a letter or an underscore followed by letters, numbers, or underscores. However, if the name appears within quotes and the PRESERVE_TAB_NAMES option has been set to PRESERVE_TAB_NAMES=YES when applicable, it may start with any character.
Table and column names can contain up to 18 characters.

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