ContributionsMost RecentMost LikesSolutionsSpacial Characters in JDBC STEP in password Not able to connect with SQL using JDBC step as the password contains the below special char:- ( ) { } password Example:- INV-Q%+g@a>Az}q{R(axis?H6e# SolvedRe: Spacial Characters in JDBC STEP in password Hi, Change the password is not the option, Need to set a complex password and it should be handled by readyAPI by some jars or by escaping char. Re: Spacial Characters in JDBC STEP in passwordI have tried everything which you had mentioned already and not able to mitigate the issue. Its not a url thus encoded version is not working. I want to escape all the special characters.Re: Spacial Characters in JDBC STEP in password PFB the details:- its aMS SQL SERVER Error details:- com.eviware.soapui.support.SoapUIException: Failed to initialize the connection that uses the [com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerDriver] driver. Connection string: [jdbc:sqlserver://HostName.net;databaseName=DatabaseName;user=UserName;password=OU-v%+G@a>Xb}qAQASb{R(ZaFO?H6e#-;]. Let me know if you have a solution .....It's yet to close. Re: Spacial Characters in JDBC STEP in password I am using SQL DB and trying to connect with the help of connection string from parameters. Re: Spacial Characters in JDBC STEP in password Its not working, I have already tried. Re: Spacial Characters in JDBC STEP in password I have reported the same to customer care just checking if anyone can help me to solve the issue