Answers.Body: <p>For whatever reason, Civi requires it to have at least one letter (lower case or upper doesn't matter).</p>
  <p>See <a href="https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/blob/5.29.1/CRM/Core/DAO.php#L2992" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/blob/5.29.1/CRM/Core/DAO.php#L2992</a></p>
  
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Body: <p>Anyone has experience installing CiviCRM in Wordpress? I tried to follow the installation guide but I come with this problem, Google doesn't offer much help. It comes with an error in the database name &quot;The database name provided is not valid. Please use only 0-9, a-z, A-Z, _ and - as characters in the name.&quot;
  Any help or direction to get help will be appreciated.<a href="https://i.sstatic.net/a32Dt.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/a32Dt.png" alt="Error when running the installer" /></a></p>
  <p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/PYWeG.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/PYWeG.jpg" alt="I edited an added the db name" /></a></p>
  
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Comments.Text: Can you make sure you database only includes name, number, underscore and hypen chars only?
Comments.UserDisplayName: Pradeep Nayak
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Comments.Text: What is your db name?  That's the key piece of information in the screenshot but its redacted!
Comments.UserDisplayName: Aidan
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Comments.Text: Hi Pradeep, the db name is only numbers.
Comments.UserDisplayName: Cristian Cortes Garzon
Tags: <wordpress><installation>
Title: Wordpress Installation Bug?
ThreadText: # Wordpress Installation Bug?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2020-10-01)
  
  Anyone has experience installing CiviCRM in Wordpress? I tried to follow the installation guide but I come with this problem, Google doesn't offer much help. It comes with an error in the database name "The database name provided is not valid. Please use only 0-9, a-z, A-Z, \_ and - as characters in the name."
  Any help or direction to get help will be appreciated.[![Error when running the installer](https://i.sstatic.net/a32Dt.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/a32Dt.png)
  
  [![I edited an added the db name](https://i.sstatic.net/PYWeG.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/PYWeG.jpg)
  
  **Tags:** wordpress, installation
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: Can you make sure you database only includes name, number, underscore and hypen chars only?  
  > **username_2**: What is your db name?  That's the key piece of information in the screenshot but its redacted!  
  > **username_0**: Hi username_1, the db name is only numbers.  
  
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  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_3 on 2020-10-02. Score: 1
  
  For whatever reason, Civi requires it to have at least one letter (lower case or upper doesn't matter).
  
  See <https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/blob/5.29.1/CRM/Core/DAO.php#L2992>
  
  
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