# Metricbeat module system pass with special symbol

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-module-system-pass-with-special-symbol/284451
**Category:** Beats
**Tags:** metricbeat
**Created:** [September 17, 2021, 6:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-module-system-pass-with-special-symbol/284451 "2021-09-17T06:55:13Z")
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### Author: ![NoobUser404](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/67e7ee/32.png) [@NoobUser404](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/NoobUser404)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2021, 6:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-module-system-pass-with-special-symbol/284451/1 "2021-09-17T06:55:13Z")

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It is possible to put a any special symbol in the pass to sql? For example:

` hosts: ["sqlserver://sa:passwith$<symbol@localhost"]`

Because it gives me an error everytime I test it:

```auto
sql...
  query...
    error... ERROR error opening connection: testing connection: parse "sqlserver://sa:passwith$<symbol@localhost": net/url: invalid userinfo

```

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### Author: ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2021, 8:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-module-system-pass-with-special-symbol/284451/2 "2021-10-15T08:55:40Z")

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