title: "@@SERVICENAME (Transact-SQL) | Microsoft Docs" ms.custom: "" ms.date: "09/18/2017" ms.prod: "sql" ms.prod_service: "sql-database" ms.service: "" ms.component: "t-sql|functions" ms.reviewer: "" ms.suite: "sql" ms.technology:
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- "@@SERVICENAME_TSQL"
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- "@@SERVICENAME function"
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- "registry keys [SQL Server]" ms.assetid: 5b0b35be-50ae-411d-a607-bf7464b73624 caps.latest.revision: 23 author: "edmacauley" ms.author: "edmaca" manager: "craigg" ms.workload: "Inactive" monikerRange: "= azuresqldb-mi-current || >= sql-server-2016 || = sqlallproducts-allversions"
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Returns the name of the registry key under which [!INCLUDEssNoVersion] is running. @@SERVICENAME returns 'MSSQLSERVER' if the current instance is the default instance; this function returns the instance name if the current instance is a named instance.
[!INCLUDEssMIlimitation]
Transact-SQL Syntax Conventions
@@SERVICENAME
nvarchar
[!INCLUDEssNoVersion] runs as a service named MSSQLServer.
The following example shows using @@SERVICENAME.
SELECT @@SERVICENAME AS 'Service Name';
[!INCLUDEssResult]
Service Name
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MSSQLSERVER
Configuration Functions (Transact-SQL)
Manage the Database Engine Services