Transparent gateway to Sql Server losing the "\" in the SqlServer Connect s

HS_FDS_CONNECT_INFO="Sql2k5-Stats/SQL2K5-STATS\SQL2K5STATS/AZDPS"
No matter what we [inc Oracle support] put in here, somewhere it gets removed before it hits Sql Server
it gets turned into Sql2k5-Stats\SQL2K5-STATSSQL2K5STATS and sqlplus barfs an error about not being able to connect to remote and that is because the "\" has been removed.
Have tried numerous combinations for HS_FDS_CONNECT_INFO
Any ideas out there ?
Edited by: IanSparkes on Jun 23, 2009 12:01 PM

When connecting to SQL Server instances, you can define a SQL Server alias using the MS Client Configuration Tool or you can use two back slashes:
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