How To Fix DDLS419 - DDL source contains non-7bit ASCII character '&'

DDLS419 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: DDLS - For DDL source handling

• Message number: 419

• Message text: DDL source contains non-7bit ASCII character '&'

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DDLS419 - Details

• The SAP error message DDLS419 indicates that there is a non-7bit ASCII character in the Data Definition Language (DDL) source code. Specifically, the error message points out that the character & is causing the issue. This typically occurs when the DDL source contains characters that are not compatible with the expected character set, which can lead to problems during the execution of database operations.
  
  Cause:
  
  Non-ASCII Characters: The presence of characters that are not part of the 7-bit ASCII character set (which includes standard English letters, digits, and some punctuation) can trigger this error. The & character may be interpreted in a way that is not expected in the context of the DDL.
  Encoding Issues: If the source code was created or modified in an environment that uses a different character encoding (e.g., UTF-8, ISO-8859-1), it may introduce characters that are not recognized by the SAP system.
  Copy-Paste Errors: Sometimes, copying and pasting code