FILEGROUP_ID (Transact-SQL)

Returns the filegroup identification (ID) number for a specified filegroup name.

Transact-SQL Syntax Conventions

Syntax

FILEGROUP_ID ( 'filegroup_name' )

Arguments

• ' filegroup_name '
  Is an expression of type sysname that represents the filegroup name for which to return the filegroup ID.

Return Types

int

Remarks

filegroup_name corresponds to the name column in the sys.filegroups catalog view.

Examples

The following example returns the filegroup ID for the filegroup named PRIMARY.

USE AdventureWorks2012;
GO
SELECT FILEGROUP_ID('PRIMARY') AS [Filegroup ID];
GO

Here is the result set.

Filegroup ID

------------

1

(1 row(s) affected)

See Also

Reference

FILEGROUP_NAME (Transact-SQL)

Metadata Functions (Transact-SQL)

sys.filegroups (Transact-SQL)