diff --git a/src/dbtools/dbLoadRecords_lex.l b/src/dbtools/dbLoadRecords_lex.l
index 75f959190..3a9b6fa8f 100644
--- a/src/dbtools/dbLoadRecords_lex.l
+++ b/src/dbtools/dbLoadRecords_lex.l
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-pvname	[a-zA-Z0-9_\-:\.\[\]<>;]
+pvname	[a-zA-Z0-9_~\-:\.\[\]<>;]
 value	[a-zA-Z0-9_\,\^~\./\*#\[\]%: ;!|\'\-&\(\)@\?\+<>=\$\{\}]
 
 %{
diff --git a/src/dbtools/dbLoadTemplate_lex.l b/src/dbtools/dbLoadTemplate_lex.l
index 043e382cd..8dbb9c160 100644
--- a/src/dbtools/dbLoadTemplate_lex.l
+++ b/src/dbtools/dbLoadTemplate_lex.l
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-value	[a-zA-Z0-9_\,\./\*#\[\]%: ;!|\-&\(\)@\?\+<>=\$]
+value	[a-zA-Z0-9_~\,\./\*#\[\]%: ;!|\-&\(\)@\?\+<>=\$]
 word	[a-zA-Z0-9_\.\^~/\*#\[\]%:;!|\-&\$\(\)@\?\+<>]
 par [\"\']