Android SQLiteDatabase.openDatabase returns the path instead of the Database itself

I'm trying to open a database passed from a intent, when I try to open the DB it will return the DB path instead of the DB self, so when I try to perform SQLite commands it wont work

URI uri = (Uri) getIntent().getExtras().get(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM);
SQLiteDatabase oldDB = SQLiteDatabase.openDatabase(uri.getPath(), null, 1);
database.selectTable(oldDB)

//select table from old DB
selectTable(SQLiteDatabase oldDB){
       database.execSQL("SELECT * FROM " +
                       oldDB +
                       ".table1"
}

will result in error: SELECT * FROM SQLiteDatabase: /mnt/sdcard/path/to/database.db.table1 I need to get the actual Database "SELECT * FROM nameOfDatabase.table1"