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PhysicalName Property

This feature will be removed in a future version of Microsoft SQL Server. Avoid using this feature in new development work, and plan to modify applications that currently use this feature.

The PhysicalName property specifies the path and file name of the operating system file storing Microsoft SQL Server database or transaction log data.

Syntax

object.PhysicalName [= value]

Parts

  • object
    An expression that evaluates to an object in the Applies To list

  • value
    A string that specifies an operating system file

Data Type

String

Modifiable

Read/write

Prototype (C/C++)

HRESULT GetPhysicalName(SQLDMO_LPBSTR pRetVal)
HRESULT SetPhysicalName(SQLDMO_LPCSTR NewValue)

Note

SQL Distributed Management Objects (SQL-DMO) strings are always returned as OLE BSTR objects. A C/C++ application obtains a reference to the string. The reference must release the reference using SysFreeString.

Remarks

The PhysicalName property is a string with a maximum of 260 characters.

Specify an operating system file using either drive and directory-based or Universal Naming Convention (UNC) file naming. For example, the strings "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\Data\Northwnd.mdf" and "\\Seattle1\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\Data\Northwnd.mdf" are each valid for PhysicalName.