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ms accessse database: not valid path

Anonymous
2016-06-17T12:29:17+00:00

my database is not open this is give me a masage  i dont under stand for 

c\user\ali\documents\ m ikram united nasar coal company be-accdb is not valid path . make sure that path name is spelled correctly and that you are connected to the sever on which the file is resides

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  1. ScottGem 68,830 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2016-06-17T13:13:13+00:00

    The error message is clear, you are trying to open a file that doesn't exist. 

    m ikram united nasar coal company be-accdb

    is not a valid filename it should be:

    m ikram united nasar coal company be.accdb

    Either you have an incorrect link to a backend file or you have hard coded a reference to a file. You need to check that.

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  2. Tom van Stiphout 40,211 Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2016-06-17T14:02:25+00:00

    Also, if a path has funny characters like [space] in them, it needs to be wrapped in double-quotes. This is a long-standing Windows requirement.

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