Fixed the internal regular expression used for parsing Easy Connect

strings to avoid errors with connection string arguments containing the
"/" character.

Author: anthony-tuininga

doc/src/release_notes.rst

@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ Thick Mode Changes
 Common Changes
 ++++++++++++++
 
+#)  Fixed the internal regular expression used for parsing :ref:`Easy Connect
+    <easyconnect>` strings to avoid errors with connection string arguments
+    containing the ``/`` character.
+
 
 oracledb 2.1.1 (March 2024)
 ---------------------------

src/oracledb/impl/base/connect_params.pyx

@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ CONTAINER_PARAM_NAMES = set((
 # regular expression used for determining if a connect string refers to an Easy
 # Connect string or not
 EASY_CONNECT_PATTERN = \
-        "((?P<protocol>\w+)://)?(?P<host>[^:/]+)(:(?P<port>\d+)?)?/" \
+        "^((?P<protocol>\w+)://)?(?P<host>[\w\d.-]+)(:(?P<port>\d+)?)?/" \
         "(?P<service_name>[^:?]*)(:(?P<server_type>\w+))?"
 
 # dictionary of tnsnames.ora files, indexed by the directory in which the file