FILEPROPERTY (Transact-SQL)

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12/29/2022

Applies to: SQL Server Azure SQL Managed Instance

Returns the specified file name property value when a file name in the current database and a property name are specified. Returns NULL for files that are not in the current database.

Transact-SQL syntax conventions

Syntax

FILEPROPERTY ( file_name , property )

Note

To view Transact-SQL syntax for SQL Server 2014 (12.x) and earlier versions, see Previous versions documentation.

Arguments

file_name
Is an expression that contains the name of the file associated with the current database for which to return property information. file_name is nchar(128).

property
Is an expression that contains the name of the file property to return. property is varchar(128), and can be one of the following values.

Value	Description	Value returned
IsReadOnly	Filegroup is read-only.	1 = True 0 = False NULL = Input is not valid.
IsPrimaryFile	File is the primary file.	1 = True 0 = False NULL = Input is not valid.
IsLogFile	File is a log file.	1 = True 0 = False NULL = Input is not valid.
SpaceUsed	Amount of space that is used by the specified file.	Number of pages allocated in the file

Return Types

int

Remarks

file_name corresponds to the name column in the sys.master_files or sys.database_files catalog view.

Examples

The following example returns the setting for the IsPrimaryFile property for the AdventureWorks_Data file name in AdventureWorks2022 the database.

SELECT FILEPROPERTY('AdventureWorks2022_Data', 'IsPrimaryFile')AS [Primary File];  
GO

Here is the result set.

Primary File   
-------------  
1  
(1 row(s) affected)