{"id":6498,"date":"2018-12-11T17:42:42","date_gmt":"2018-12-11T17:42:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dbtut.com\/?p=6498"},"modified":"2018-12-21T13:14:11","modified_gmt":"2018-12-21T13:14:11","slug":"device-activation-error-the-physical-file-name-may-be-incorrect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbtut.com\/index.php\/2018\/12\/11\/device-activation-error-the-physical-file-name-may-be-incorrect\/","title":{"rendered":"Device activation error. The physical file name may be incorrect."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>ERROR MESAGGE:<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;Device activation error. The physical file name\u00a0&lt;database_file_path&gt;may be incorrect.&#8221;&lt;\/database_file_path&gt;<\/p>\n<h3>EXPLANATION:<\/h3>\n<p>You receive this error when you try to create a database in SQL Server.<\/p>\n<h3>SOLUTION:<\/h3>\n<p>The path that you create the database is not a valid path or does not exist. Make sure Path exists. Confirm the existence of drivers and folders that you use for this path.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"pvc_stats_6498\" class=\"pvc_stats all  \" data-element-id=\"6498\" style=\"\"><i class=\"pvc-stats-icon medium\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-prefix=\"far\" data-icon=\"chart-bar\" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" class=\"svg-inline--fa fa-chart-bar fa-w-16 fa-2x\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M396.8 352h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V108.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v230.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zm-192 0h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V140.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v198.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zm96 0h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V204.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v134.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zM496 400H48V80c0-8.84-7.16-16-16-16H16C7.16 64 0 71.16 0 80v336c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h464c8.84 0 16-7.16 16-16v-16c0-8.84-7.16-16-16-16zm-387.2-48h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8v-70.4c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v70.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8z\" class=\"\"><\/path><\/svg><\/i> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading\" src=\"https:\/\/dbtut.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/page-views-count\/ajax-loader-2x.gif\" border=0 \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; ERROR MESAGGE: &#8220;Device activation error. The physical file name\u00a0&lt;database_file_path&gt;may be incorrect.&#8221;&lt;\/database_file_path&gt; EXPLANATION: You receive this error when you try to create a database in SQL Server. SOLUTION: The path that you create the database is not a valid path or does not exist. Make sure Path exists. Confirm the existence of drivers and folders &hellip;<\/p>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"pvc_stats_6498\" class=\"pvc_stats all  \" data-element-id=\"6498\" style=\"\"><i class=\"pvc-stats-icon medium\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-prefix=\"far\" data-icon=\"chart-bar\" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" class=\"svg-inline--fa fa-chart-bar fa-w-16 fa-2x\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M396.8 352h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V108.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v230.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zm-192 0h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V140.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v198.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zm96 0h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V204.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v134.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zM496 400H48V80c0-8.84-7.16-16-16-16H16C7.16 64 0 71.16 0 80v336c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h464c8.84 0 16-7.16 16-16v-16c0-8.84-7.16-16-16-16zm-387.2-48h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8v-70.4c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v70.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8z\" class=\"\"><\/path><\/svg><\/i> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading\" src=\"https:\/\/dbtut.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/page-views-count\/ajax-loader-2x.gif\" border=0 \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":423,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-mssql"],"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Device activation error. The physical file name may be incorrect. - Database Tutorials<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Device activation error. The physical file name may be incorrect.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dbtut.com\/index.php\/2018\/12\/11\/device-activation-error-the-physical-file-name-may-be-incorrect\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Device activation error. The physical file name may be incorrect. - Database Tutorials\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Device activation error. The physical file name may be incorrect.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/dbtut.com\/index.php\/2018\/12\/11\/device-activation-error-the-physical-file-name-may-be-incorrect\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Database Tutorials\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-12-11T17:42:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-12-21T13:14:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ekrem \u00d6nsoy\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ekrem \u00d6nsoy\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dbtut.com\/index.php\/2018\/12\/11\/device-activation-error-the-physical-file-name-may-be-incorrect\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dbtut.com\/index.php\/2018\/12\/11\/device-activation-error-the-physical-file-name-may-be-incorrect\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ekrem \u00d6nsoy\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dbtut.com\/#\/schema\/person\/42a3e874ed0bf8053fa123a3a1f6ee46\"},\"headline\":\"Device activation error. The physical file name may be incorrect.\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-12-11T17:42:42+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-12-21T13:14:11+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dbtut.com\/index.php\/2018\/12\/11\/device-activation-error-the-physical-file-name-may-be-incorrect\/\"},\"wordCount\":85,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dbtut.com\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"MSSQL\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/dbtut.com\/index.php\/2018\/12\/11\/device-activation-error-the-physical-file-name-may-be-incorrect\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dbtut.com\/index.php\/2018\/12\/11\/device-activation-error-the-physical-file-name-may-be-incorrect\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dbtut.com\/index.php\/2018\/12\/11\/device-activation-error-the-physical-file-name-may-be-incorrect\/\",\"name\":\"Device activation error. The physical file name may be incorrect. - Database Tutorials\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dbtut.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2018-12-11T17:42:42+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-12-21T13:14:11+00:00\",\"description\":\"Device activation error. The physical file name may be incorrect.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dbtut.com\/index.php\/2018\/12\/11\/device-activation-error-the-physical-file-name-may-be-incorrect\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/dbtut.com\/index.php\/2018\/12\/11\/device-activation-error-the-physical-file-name-may-be-incorrect\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dbtut.com\/index.php\/2018\/12\/11\/device-activation-error-the-physical-file-name-may-be-incorrect\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/dbtut.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Device activation error. The physical file name may be incorrect.\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dbtut.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dbtut.com\/\",\"name\":\"Database Tutorials\",\"description\":\"MSSQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, DB2, Sybase, Teradata, Big Data, NOSQL, MongoDB, Couchbase, Cassandra, Windows, Linux\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dbtut.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/dbtut.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dbtut.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"dbtut\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dbtut.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dbtut.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dbtut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/dbtutlogo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/dbtut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/dbtutlogo.jpg\",\"width\":223,\"height\":36,\"caption\":\"dbtut\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dbtut.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dbtut.com\/#\/schema\/person\/42a3e874ed0bf8053fa123a3a1f6ee46\",\"name\":\"Ekrem \u00d6nsoy\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dbtut.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/478b3dc5048390d7312367b30eee5be99c346dbd83706e82e0dd4e9678b77c94?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/478b3dc5048390d7312367b30eee5be99c346dbd83706e82e0dd4e9678b77c94?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Ekrem \u00d6nsoy\"},\"description\":\"The original article was written in Turkish by Ekrem \u00d6nsoy and translated to English by dbtut with the consent of the author. The copyright of the article belongs to the author. The author shall not be liable in any way for any defect caused by translation.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dbtut.com\/index.php\/author\/ekremonsoy\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Device activation error. The physical file name may be incorrect. - Database Tutorials","description":"Device activation error. The physical file name may be incorrect.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/dbtut.com\/index.php\/2018\/12\/11\/device-activation-error-the-physical-file-name-may-be-incorrect\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Device activation error. The physical file name may be incorrect. - Database Tutorials","og_description":"Device activation error. The physical file name may be incorrect.","og_url":"https:\/\/dbtut.com\/index.php\/2018\/12\/11\/device-activation-error-the-physical-file-name-may-be-incorrect\/","og_site_name":"Database Tutorials","article_published_time":"2018-12-11T17:42:42+00:00","article_modified_time":"2018-12-21T13:14:11+00:00","author":"Ekrem \u00d6nsoy","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ekrem \u00d6nsoy"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/dbtut.com\/index.php\/2018\/12\/11\/device-activation-error-the-physical-file-name-may-be-incorrect\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/dbtut.com\/index.php\/2018\/12\/11\/device-activation-error-the-physical-file-name-may-be-incorrect\/"},"author":{"name":"Ekrem \u00d6nsoy","@id":"https:\/\/dbtut.com\/#\/schema\/person\/42a3e874ed0bf8053fa123a3a1f6ee46"},"headline":"Device activation error. The physical file name may be incorrect.","datePublished":"2018-12-11T17:42:42+00:00","dateModified":"2018-12-21T13:14:11+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/dbtut.com\/index.php\/2018\/12\/11\/device-activation-error-the-physical-file-name-may-be-incorrect\/"},"wordCount":85,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/dbtut.com\/#organization"},"articleSection":["MSSQL"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/dbtut.com\/index.php\/2018\/12\/11\/device-activation-error-the-physical-file-name-may-be-incorrect\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/dbtut.com\/index.php\/2018\/12\/11\/device-activation-error-the-physical-file-name-may-be-incorrect\/","url":"https:\/\/dbtut.com\/index.php\/2018\/12\/11\/device-activation-error-the-physical-file-name-may-be-incorrect\/","name":"Device activation error. The physical file name may be incorrect. - Database Tutorials","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/dbtut.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2018-12-11T17:42:42+00:00","dateModified":"2018-12-21T13:14:11+00:00","description":"Device activation error. The physical file name may be incorrect.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/dbtut.com\/index.php\/2018\/12\/11\/device-activation-error-the-physical-file-name-may-be-incorrect\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/dbtut.com\/index.php\/2018\/12\/11\/device-activation-error-the-physical-file-name-may-be-incorrect\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/dbtut.com\/index.php\/2018\/12\/11\/device-activation-error-the-physical-file-name-may-be-incorrect\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/dbtut.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Device activation error. The physical file name may be incorrect."}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/dbtut.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/dbtut.com\/","name":"Database Tutorials","description":"MSSQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, DB2, Sybase, Teradata, Big Data, NOSQL, MongoDB, Couchbase, Cassandra, Windows, Linux","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/dbtut.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/dbtut.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/dbtut.com\/#organization","name":"dbtut","url":"https:\/\/dbtut.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/dbtut.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/dbtut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/dbtutlogo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/dbtut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/dbtutlogo.jpg","width":223,"height":36,"caption":"dbtut"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/dbtut.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/dbtut.com\/#\/schema\/person\/42a3e874ed0bf8053fa123a3a1f6ee46","name":"Ekrem \u00d6nsoy","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/dbtut.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/478b3dc5048390d7312367b30eee5be99c346dbd83706e82e0dd4e9678b77c94?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/478b3dc5048390d7312367b30eee5be99c346dbd83706e82e0dd4e9678b77c94?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Ekrem \u00d6nsoy"},"description":"The original article was written in Turkish by Ekrem \u00d6nsoy and translated to English by dbtut with the consent of the author. The copyright of the article belongs to the author. The author shall not be liable in any way for any defect caused by translation.","url":"https:\/\/dbtut.com\/index.php\/author\/ekremonsoy\/"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbtut.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbtut.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbtut.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbtut.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/423"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbtut.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6498"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dbtut.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6498\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbtut.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbtut.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbtut.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}