sys-sysaltfiles-transact-sql.md

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sys.sysaltfiles (Transact-SQL)

[!INCLUDEtsql-appliesto-ss2008-xxxx-xxxx-xxx_md]

Under special circumstances, contains rows corresponding to the files in a database.

Important

[!INCLUDEssnoteCompView]

Applies to: [!INCLUDEssNoVersion] ([!INCLUDEssKatmai] through current version).

Column name	Data type	Description
fileid	smallint	File identification number. This is unique for each database.
groupid	smallint	File group identification number.
size	int	File size, in 8-kilobyte (KB) pages.
maxsize	int	Maximum file size, in 8-KB pages. 0 = No growth. -1 = File will grow until the disk is full. 268435456 = Log file will grow to a maximum size of 2 TB. Note: Databases that are upgraded with an unlimited log file size will report -1 for the maximum size of the log file.
growth	int	Growth size of the database. 0 = No growth. Can be either the number of pages or the percentage of file size, depending on the value of status. If status is 0x100000, growth is the percentage of file size; otherwise, it is the number of pages.
status	int	[!INCLUDEssInternalOnly]
perf	int	Reserved.
dbid	smallint	Database identification number of the database to which this file belongs.
name	sysname	Logical name of the file.
filename	nvarchar(260)	Name of the physical device. This includes the full path of the file.

See Also

Mapping System Tables to System Views (Transact-SQL)
Compatibility Views (Transact-SQL)