To connect to a data source whose name is not allowed by OpenEdge; for example, a name that includes blank spaces, ampersands (&), commas (,), and/or carets (^). In the connection string, pass the following characters rather than the unallowed characters. The driver resolves the passed characters to the unallowed character:

Pass the ampersand (&) character as two ampersand (&&) characters

Pass the caret (^) character as two caret (^^) characters

Pass the blank space character as an ampersand and a caret (&^)

Pass the comma (,) character as a caret and ampersand (^&)

To establish complex connections that require more than the Physical Database Name (-db), User ID (-U), and Password (-P) parameters. In all cases, the values must not be space delimited and must be passed in a single connection string.