FILEGROUP_NAME (Transact-SQL)

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

Transact-SQL Syntax Conventions

Syntax

FILEGROUP_NAME ( filegroup_id ) 

Arguments

• filegroup_id
  Is the filegroup ID number for which to return the filegroup name. filegroup_id is smallint.

Return Types

nvarchar(128)

Remarks

filegroup_id corresponds to the data_space_id column in the sys.filegroups catalog view.

Examples

The following example returns the filegroup name for the filegroup ID 1 in the AdventureWorks database.

USE AdventureWorks;
GO
SELECT FILEGROUP_NAME(1) AS [Filegroup Name];
GO

Here is the result set.

Filegroup Name 
-----------------------
PRIMARY

(1 row(s) affected)

See Also

Reference

Metadata Functions (Transact-SQL)
SELECT (Transact-SQL)
sys.filegroups (Transact-SQL)

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