• Looks like this is the syntax. Can't test. Don't have any named instances around.

    If you're using windows authentication

    sqlcmd -S servername\instancename -E -A

    If you're using SQL authentication

    sqlcmd -S servername\instancename -U username -P password -A

    Gail Shaw
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