From: Sean O'Halpin Date: 2009-04-14T20:36:06+09:00 Subject: Re: How to remote connect to the SQL server 2005 when there is a ‘\’ in the SQL server name, such as 192.168.0.11\active? On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 7:58 AM, Wesley Chen wrote: > One nice guy in my company gets this problem resolved. > Two steps need: > 1. Change the default port from 1433 to the right one. > 2. Remove the instance name from the initialize host name. > > Thanks. > Wesley Chen. > Hi Wesley, Glad to hear you solved your problem. Perhaps you could post a small, complete example to show anyone else with the same problem how to solve it? Regards, Sean