How to specify a Microsoft SQL Server instance

OL Connect Professional General
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For the connection string for Connect, is it possible to specify an instance for the server? When I go to type in the IP of the server and attempt to specify the instance, I get a message saying it appears to be an invalid host name.

I understand that it appears to find the instance just fine, but I was just curious.

Example: 199.168.13.122\ObjectifluneLab appears as invalid host

Thanks in advance.

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Why \Objectiflunelab ? The IP shoud be enough.

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Hypothetically, what if I have two databases in separate instances with the same name? I have two separate labs connecting to the same sequel and don’t want them interacting.

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You mean 2 SQL server on the same server? Or two DB in the same SQL server?

Then you could try your previous test but using a forward slash instead of a backslash.