"Arnie Rowland" wrote:

> [/] is also not allowed for a servername -the instance is part of the name.
>
> So put the square brackets around the entire [server/instance] name.
>
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> Arnie Rowland, Ph.D.
> Westwood Consulting, Inc
>
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>
> "Forch" <Forch@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:DE18DCC1-CA47-4066-8E34-2ED8250A9DD5@microsoft.com...
> > Hi...
> >
> > On a remote server, I have SQL 2005 installed as the default instance as
> > well as a new named instance.
> >
> > From SQLCMD, I can connect to both instances. However, from Management
> > Studio, I can only connect to the default instance. Is there something
> > special I have to do to connect to the named instance? I try connecting
> > using:
> >
> > [My-Server-Name]/InstanceName
> >
> > Any ideas? I get the "error locating server/instance specified" generic
> > error.
> >
> > Thanks!
>
>