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Schema Object Naming Rules

The following rules apply when naming schema objects:

1. Names must be from 1 to 30 bytes long with these exceptions:

    

   • Names of databases are limited to 8 bytes.

      

   • Names of database links can be as long as 128 bytes.

      

2. Names cannot contain quotation marks.

    

3. Names are not case sensitive.

    

4. A name must begin with an alphabetic character from your database character set unless surrounded by double quotation marks.

All the rules can be read at http://oracleonline.info/schema_objects.html