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diff --git a/lib/sqitch-target.pod b/lib/sqitch-target.pod index 3bf9e6da..9d5ba65c 100644 --- a/lib/sqitch-target.pod +++ b/lib/sqitch-target.pod @@ -40,7 +40,25 @@ Some examples: =back -See the L<DB URI Draft|https://github.com/libwww-perl/uri-db> for details. +Note that, as with any URI or URL, special characters must be +L<URL encoded|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/URL_encoding>. For example, when +a username contains a reserved character, such as the C<|> in C<ro|michelle>, +it must be percent-encoded as C<%7c>: + + db:pg://ro%7Cmichelle@examle.org/inventory + +The rules are even more strict for query parameters, as often used by for +ODBC connections. For example, when using a +L<Snowflake identifier|https://docs.snowflake.com/en/sql-reference/identifiers-syntax#double-quoted-identifiers> +with special characters, such as a warehouse name with a C<.>, such as +C<sqitch.dev>, the identifier must be double-quoted --- and double quote are +reserved characters in URIs, so must be encoded as C<%22>. + + db:snowflake://example/flipr?Driver=Snowflake;warehouse=%22sqitch.dev%22 + +See L<URL encoding|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/URL_encoding> for details. +and the L<DB URI Draft|https://github.com/libwww-perl/uri-db> for in-depth +information on database URIs in general. =item C<registry> |