id,summary,reporter,owner,description,type,status,priority,milestone,component,version,severity,resolution,keywords,cc,branch,changelog,apichanges,internalchanges 12409,The $ character must be URL encoded if used as a database password,Ryan J Ollos,,"TracEnvironment#DatabaseConnectionStrings lists 3 characters that must be URL encoded when used as a database password. I've found that `$` must also be URL encoded (Trac 1.0.10). I found this by trial and error. It's not clear to me why `$` needs to be encoded. {{{#!python >>> from trac.db.api import _parse_db_str >>> p = _parse_db_str('mysql://tracuser:the$_$password@localhost:3306/trac') >>> print(p[1]['password']) the$_$password }}}",defect,closed,normal,,database backend,,normal,worksforme,mysql,,,,,