FILEGROUPPROPERTY (Transact-SQL)

Returns the specified filegroup property value when supplied with a filegroup and property name.

Syntax

FILEGROUPPROPERTY (filegroup_name ,property )

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.

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.

int

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

This example returns the setting for the IsDefault property for the primary filegroup in the AdventureWorks database.

USE AdventureWorks;
GO
SELECT FILEGROUPPROPERTY('PRIMARY', 'IsDefault') AS 'Default Filegroup';
GO

Here is the result set.

Default Filegroup 
--------------------- 
1

(1 row(s) affected)