diff --git a/modules/database/src/ioc/dbStatic/dbStaticLib.c b/modules/database/src/ioc/dbStatic/dbStaticLib.c
index 35433d9cd..dab74c518 100644
--- a/modules/database/src/ioc/dbStatic/dbStaticLib.c
+++ b/modules/database/src/ioc/dbStatic/dbStaticLib.c
@@ -2274,8 +2274,8 @@ long dbParseLink(const char *str, short ftype, dbLinkInfo *pinfo)
             len -= (parm - pstr);
         }
 
-        /* generalized extraction of ID charactor and integer pairs (eg. "#C15 S14") */
-        ret = sscanf(pinfo->target, "# %c%d %c%d %c%d %c%d %c%d %c",
+        /* generalized extraction of ID character and integer pairs (eg. "#C15 S14") */
+        ret = sscanf(pinfo->target, "# %c%i %c%i %c%i %c%i %c%i %c",
                      &pinfo->hwid[0], &pinfo->hwnums[0],
                      &pinfo->hwid[1], &pinfo->hwnums[1],
                      &pinfo->hwid[2], &pinfo->hwnums[2],