You may receive an invalid character error message when you try to save a rule in BizTalk Server 2004

When you try to save a rule in the Microsoft BizTalk Server 2004 Business Rule Composer, you may receive an error message that is similar to the following:

This problem may occur when you try to save a rule that refers to a Microsoft SQL Server database table that contains either of the following characters in the title:

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These characters are not considered valid table names in the BizTalk Server Business Rule Engine and cannot be used when you create or save a rule by using Business Rule Composer.

To resolve this problem, rename the SQL Server database table so that the database name does not contain either of the bracket characters ([ or ]) . After you change the database name, you can save the rule in Business Rule Composer.

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

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