Cannot create new database, Invalid characters used in database name

[adriancoca]

ArcadeDB Version: v21.11.1-SNAPSHOT

JDK Version: 11.0.13

OS: WINDOWS 11

Instalation from https://github.com/ArcadeData/arcadedb/releases on premise

Steps to reproduce

When i try to create a new database from studio i have in console the message ->
Invalid characters used in database name.

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com.arcadedb.exception.DatabaseOperationException: Error on creating new database instance
at com.arcadedb.database.EmbeddedDatabase.(EmbeddedDatabase.java:166)
at com.arcadedb.database.DatabaseFactory.create(DatabaseFactory.java:83)
at com.arcadedb.server.ArcadeDBServer.createDatabase(ArcadeDBServer.java:292)
at com.arcadedb.server.http.handler.PostCreateDatabaseHandler.execute(PostCreateDatabaseHandler.java:46)
at com.arcadedb.server.http.handler.DatabaseAbstractHandler.execute(DatabaseAbstractHandler.java:82)
at com.arcadedb.server.http.handler.AbstractHandler.handleRequest(AbstractHandler.java:112)
at io.undertow.server.RoutingHandler.handleRequest(RoutingHandler.java:93)
at io.undertow.server.handlers.PathHandler.handleRequest(PathHandler.java:104)
at io.undertow.server.Connectors.executeRootHandler(Connectors.java:387)
at io.undertow.server.protocol.http.HttpReadListener.handleEventWithNoRunningRequest(HttpReadListener.java:256)
at io.undertow.server.protocol.http.HttpReadListener.handleEvent(HttpReadListener.java:136)
at io.undertow.server.protocol.http.HttpOpenListener.handleEvent(HttpOpenListener.java:162)
at io.undertow.server.protocol.http.HttpOpenListener.handleEvent(HttpOpenListener.java:100)
at io.undertow.server.protocol.http.HttpOpenListener.handleEvent(HttpOpenListener.java:57)
at org.xnio.ChannelListeners.invokeChannelListener(ChannelListeners.java:92)
at org.xnio.ChannelListeners$10.handleEvent(ChannelListeners.java:291)
at org.xnio.ChannelListeners$10.handleEvent(ChannelListeners.java:286)
at org.xnio.ChannelListeners.invokeChannelListener(ChannelListeners.java:92)
at org.xnio.nio.QueuedNioTcpServer2.acceptTask(QueuedNioTcpServer2.java:178)
at org.xnio.nio.WorkerThread.safeRun(WorkerThread.java:612)
at org.xnio.nio.WorkerThread.run(WorkerThread.java:479)
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Invalid characters used in database name
at com.arcadedb.database.EmbeddedDatabase.checkDatabaseName(EmbeddedDatabase.java:1499)
at com.arcadedb.database.EmbeddedDatabase.(EmbeddedDatabase.java:157)
... 20 more

[JusticeN]

which database name did you give ?

[adriancoca]

Tested with: test , TEST , adrian ,data etc.. Nothing with some special characters.

[lvca]

What's the full directory path where you have installed ArcadeDB?

[lvca]

Checked the code and the only invalid characters are * and ..

[adriancoca]

I also tried running as admin thinking is a path access issue but not
C:\zitro\arcadedb-21.11.1-SNAPSHOT\bin

Also I reinstalled as C:\zitro\arcadedb\bin but same issue.

[lvca]

@adriancoca I've pushed a small fix that prints the database name in the exception. If you could use the latest 21.12.1-SNAPSHOT you should see the "invalid" database name in the exception itself.

[adriancoca]

Where i can find the new build 21.12.1-SNAPSHOT ?
The build is done but https://github.com/ArcadeData/arcadedb/releases/download/21.12.1/arcadedb-21.12.1.zip seems invalid

LE: also https://github.com/ArcadeData/arcadedb/releases/download/21.12.1/arcadedb-21.12.1-SNAPSHOT.tar.gz

[lvca]

Snapshots are constantly published only to Maven Central. You can find the latest here:

https://s01.oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/com/arcadedb/arcadedb-package/

Or you can clone the git repository, build it with mvn clean install -DskipTests and then get the distribution in package/target/

[JusticeN]

i can reproduce the issue on Windows.

the only name check in * and .. and it is the reason why it doesn't work.

@adriancoca after building try to start outsite of the bin directory.

i don't know why but windows add .. in front of the path when you run it from \arcadedb\package\target\arcadedb-21.12.1-SNAPSHOT.dir\arcadedb-21.12.1-SNAPSHOT\bin the path/name will look like ../databases/devdb and this will fail because .. ist not allowed

[adriancoca]

@JusticeN @lvca it seems that when starting from bin it forms a path like ../databases/dbname. I started using full path and its ok.
C:\zitro\arcadedb\bin\server.bat
Thanks for the help.

[lvca]

Got it. Try running from the home directory C:\zitro\arcadedb and run the server with bin\server.bat.