# database.yml - "password: #MY\_PASS" not working because '#' is 	interpreted as the start of a comment

**URL:** <https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/database-yml-password-my-pass-not-working-because-is-interpreted-as-the-start-of-a-comment/22631>\
**Category:** rubyonrails-talk\
**Created:** [January 3, 2008, 7:52pm UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/database-yml-password-my-pass-not-working-because-is-interpreted-as-the-start-of-a-comment/22631 "2008-01-03T19:52:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ricardo\_Sazima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a87d85/32.png) [@Ricardo\_Sazima](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/u/Ricardo_Sazima)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2008, 7:52pm UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/database-yml-password-my-pass-not-working-because-is-interpreted-as-the-start-of-a-comment/22631/1 "2008-01-03T19:52:28Z")

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Searched a bit, but couldn't find anything... Any ideas?

Cheers, Sazima

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**Author:** ![Ricardo\_Sazima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a87d85/32.png) [@Ricardo\_Sazima](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/u/Ricardo_Sazima)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2008, 7:58pm UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/database-yml-password-my-pass-not-working-because-is-interpreted-as-the-start-of-a-comment/22631/2 "2008-01-03T19:58:59Z")

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Ooooops, sorry for that. Always, always remember to reload priviledges! Enclosing password in single quotes ('') works just fine...

Cheers, Sazima