Transact-SQL Reference
sysdevices
Contains one row for each disk backup file, tape backup file, and database file. This table is stored only in the master database.
Important This system table provides backward compatibility information. In earlier versions of Microsoft® SQL Server™, this table contained a list of all database files. For SQL Server version 7.0, a list of database files is stored in the sysfiles system table of each database.
| Column name | Data type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| name | sysname | Logical name of the backup file or database file. |
| size | int | Size of the file in 2 kilobyte (KB) pages. |
| low | int | Maintained for backward compatibility only. |
| high | int | Maintained for backward compatibility only. |
| status | smallint | Bitmap indicating the type of device:
1 = Default disk |
| cntrltype | smallint | Controller type:
0 = Non-CD-ROM database file |
| phyname | nvarchar(260) | Name of the physical file. |