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Connecting with User having Non-ascii Characters In Sql Developer (Doc ID 1278964.1)

Last updated on MARCH 03, 2025

Applies to:

Oracle SQL Developer - Version 1.5.1 to 3.0
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Database Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Exadata Express Cloud Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Cloud Exadata Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Cloud Service - Version N/A and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

You have created a database user with a non-ascii character.
But connecting with this user in SQL Developer, the following error is displayed:
ORA-01017: Invalid username/password

Changes

User is created with a non-ascii character like :
create user F�d� identified by <pwd>

Cause

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