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title sys.sysfiles (Transact-SQL) | Microsoft Docs
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sys.sysfiles (Transact-SQL)

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

Contains one row for each file in a database.

Important

[!INCLUDEssnoteCompView]

Applies to: [!INCLUDEssNoVersion] ([!INCLUDEssKatmai] through current version).
Column name Data type Description
fileid smallint File identification number unique for each database.
groupid smallint File group identification number.
size int Size of the file, in 8-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. Can be either the number of pages or the percentage of file size, depending on value of status.

0 = No growth.
status int Status bits for the growth value in either megabytes (MB) or kilobytes (KB).

0x2 = Disk file.

0x40 = Log file.

0x100000 = Growth. This value is a percentage and not the number of pages.
perf int Reserved.
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)