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AWS dms documentation change

Service: dms · 2025-03-02 · Documentation low

File: dms/latest/userguide/CHAP_Validating_S3.md

Summary

Added documentation about table name restrictions for S3 validation, specifying that table names must not contain special characters except underscore, with reference to Amazon Athena's CREATE TABLE documentation.

Security assessment

The change adds a technical limitation regarding table naming conventions but does not address any security vulnerabilities or introduce security features.

Diff

diff --git a/dms/latest/userguide/CHAP_Validating_S3.md
index 88f35e763..9228cac99 100644
--- a/dms/latest/userguide/CHAP_Validating_S3.md
+++ b/dms/latest/userguide/CHAP_Validating_S3.md
@@ -124,0 +125,4 @@ To work around this limitation, increase the validation partition size setting s
+  * The table name must not contain special characters except underscore.
+
+S3 Validation uses Amazon Athena which does not support special characters (other than underscore) in table names. For more information, see [CREATE TABLE](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/athena/latest/ug/create-table.html) topic in the _Amazon Athena User Guide_.
+