arcpy.Exists() with Enterprise sometimes works sometimes dont

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Hello, I would like to understand why sometimes arcpy.Exists() return True sometime False depending how I write the path of the featureClass. I have two databases with both a copy of the same featureClass In database1, the featureClass Archives.DBO.Data1 is in the dataset Archives.DBO.Dataset1 In database2 the featureClass PROD.SDE.Data1 is in the dataset PROD.SDE.Dataset1 With arcpy, if I only keep the short names of the dataset and featureClass in the path arcpy.Exists() return True for database1 but False for database2: import arcpy, os FC_DB1 = os.path.join(r"C:\", "Connexion", "Database1.sde", "Dataset1", "Data1") FC_DB2 = os.path.join(r"C:\", "Connexion", "Database2.sde", "Dataset1", "Data1") arcpy.Exists(FC_DB1) #return True arcpy.Exist(FC_DB2) #return False‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ If I write the full dataset and featureClass with database2, arcpy.Exist() return True import arcpy, os FC_DB2 = os.path.join(r"C:\", "Connexion", "Database2.sde", "PROD.SDE.Dataset1", "PROD.SDE.Data1") arcpy.Exist(FC_DB2) #return True‍‍‍‍‍‍ Why writing the short dataset and featureClass works for the database1 but not for the database2?

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