Transact-SQL Reference
sysaltfiles
Under special circumstances, contains rows corresponding to the files in a database. This table is stored in the master database.
| Column name | Data type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| fileid | smallint | File identification number which is unique for each database. |
| groupid | smallint | Filegroup identification number. |
| size | int | File size, in 8-KB pages. |
| maxsize | int | Maximum file size (in 8-KB pages). A value of 0 indicates no growth, and a value of -1 indicates that the file should grow until the disk is full. |
| growth | int | Growth size of the database. A value of 0 indicates 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, then growth is the percentage of file size; otherwise, it is the number of pages. |
| status | int | For internal use only. |
| perf | int | Reserved. |
| dbid | smallint | Database identification number of the database to which this file belongs. |
| name | nchar(128) | Logical name of the file. |
| filename | nchar(260) | Name of the physical device, including the full path of the file. |