FILEGROUP_NAME (Transact-SQL)
Applies to:
SQL Server
Azure SQL Managed Instance
This function returns the filegroup name for the specified filegroup identification (ID) number.
Transact-SQL syntax conventions
Syntax
FILEGROUP_NAME ( filegroup_id )
Note
To view Transact-SQL syntax for SQL Server 2014 (12.x) and earlier versions, see Previous versions documentation.
Arguments
filegroup_id
The filegroup ID number whose filegroup name FILEGROUP_NAME
will return. filegroup_id has a smallint data type.
Return Types
nvarchar(128)
Remarks
filegroup_id corresponds to the data_space_id column of the sys.filegroups catalog view.
Examples
This example returns the filegroup name for filegroup ID 1
in the AdventureWorks2022 database.
SELECT FILEGROUP_NAME(1) AS [Filegroup Name];
GO
Here is the result set.
Filegroup Name
-----------------------
PRIMARY
(1 row(s) affected)
See Also
Metadata Functions (Transact-SQL)
SELECT (Transact-SQL)
sys.filegroups (Transact-SQL)