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Database.FileGroups Property

Represents a collection of FileGroup objects. Each FileGroup object represents a filegroup defined on the database.

Namespace:  Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo
Assembly:  Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo (in Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<SfcObjectAttribute(SfcContainerRelationship.ChildContainer, SfcContainerCardinality.OneToAny, GetType(FileGroup))> _
Public ReadOnly Property FileGroups As FileGroupCollection
    Get
'Usage
Dim instance As Database
Dim value As FileGroupCollection

value = instance.FileGroups

[SfcObjectAttribute(SfcContainerRelationship.ChildContainer, SfcContainerCardinality.OneToAny, typeof(FileGroup))]
public FileGroupCollection FileGroups { get; }

[SfcObjectAttribute(SfcContainerRelationship::ChildContainer, SfcContainerCardinality::OneToAny, 
    typeof(FileGroup))]
public:
property FileGroupCollection^ FileGroups {
    FileGroupCollection^ get ();
}

[<SfcObjectAttribute(SfcContainerRelationship.ChildContainer, SfcContainerCardinality.OneToAny, 
    typeof(FileGroup))>]
member FileGroups : FileGroupCollection

function get FileGroups () : FileGroupCollection

Property Value

Type: Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.FileGroupCollection
A FileGroupCollection object that represents all the filegroups defined on the database.

Remarks

Specific file groups can be referenced by using this collection by specifying the name of the file group. To add a new file group to the collection, call the file group constructor FileGroup.

Examples

VB

'Connect to the local, default instance of SQL Server.
Dim srv As Server
srv = New Server

'Reference the AdventureWorks2008R2 database.
Dim db As Database
db = srv.Databases("AdventureWorks2008R2")

'Display all the log files in the database.
Dim lf As LogFile
For Each lf In db.LogFiles
   Console.WriteLine(lf.Name)
Next

PowerShell

$srv = new-Object Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Server("(local)")
$db = New-Object Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Database
$db = $srv.Databases.Item("AdventureWorks2008R2")

Foreach ($lf in $db.LogFiles)
{
   Write-Host $lf.Name
}