FILEGROUPPROPERTY (Transact-SQL)
Returns the specified filegroup property value when supplied with a filegroup and property name.
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Transact-SQL Syntax Conventions
Syntax
FILEGROUPPROPERTY ( filegroup_name , property )
Arguments
filegroup_name
Is an expression of type sysname that represents the name of the filegroup for which to return the named property information.property
Is an expression of type varchar(128) contains the name of the filegroup property to return. property can be one of these values.Value
Description
Value returned
IsReadOnly
Filegroup is read-only.
1 = True
0 = False
NULL = Input is not valid.
IsUserDefinedFG
Filegroup is a user-defined filegroup.
1 = True
0 = False
NULL = Input is not valid.
IsDefault
Filegroup is the default filegroup.
1 = True
0 = False
NULL = Input is not valid.
Return Types
int
Remarks
filegroup_name corresponds to the name column in the sys.filegroups catalog view.
Examples
This example returns the setting for the IsDefault property for the primary filegroup in the AdventureWorks database.
USE AdventureWorks2012;
GO
SELECT FILEGROUPPROPERTY('PRIMARY', 'IsDefault') AS 'Default Filegroup';
GO
Here is the result set.
Default Filegroup
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1
(1 row(s) affected)