Comments on: SQL SERVER – Find Current Location of Data and Log File of All the Database

By: Rani

Rani — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 13:00:58 +0000

Hello Sir,

Thank for the query, which is i am looking for. In the same query how I can get only the file path without the filenames.

I am new to SQL server DBA, trying to find a way to get all the data and log file location(without the file names) for all the DBs, that will be used in DB restore process for dev & test enviroment.

Thank you

By: sandhya

sandhya — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 06:46:30 +0000

U can get the location of log files by executing below query:

select a.name, b.name as ‘Logical filename’, b.filename from sys.sysdatabases a
inner join sys.sysaltfiles b
on a.dbid = b.dbid where fileid = 2

By: Pat Richard

Pat Richard — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 00:21:25 +0000

Just wanted to say thanks for this query. It helped me build a PowerShell script to query a remote SQL for this info. I just need to filter the DBs returned, but that should be no big deal.

Thanks again!

By: Prerna

Prerna — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 10:59:42 +0000

Hello Sir
I have a monitoring syatem, in which data stored in sql from. But I don’t know the location of data sotre.How I can find location of data? Please help mw.

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By: mahendra

mahendra — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 11:16:45 +0000

Hi pinal i am the regular reader of yours page.
can u let me know what is the script to find the data & log files path in sqlserver2000

By: vinayak

vinayak — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 16:26:26 +0000

Hi Sir…
How can i get the location of sql server log file… N even i want to known sql server log file format….

By: ami

ami — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 15:42:16 +0000

Great blog. As a beginner sql server admin, I have benefitted much from it. Thought I contribute a little back.

For SQL Server 2000: Get both data and log files.
SELECT name, filename
FROM master..sysaltfiles
ORDER BY name

By: Vineeth george

Vineeth george — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 12:29:24 +0000

I am not able to delete nfsmini.mdf
please tell me is there any way to delete it!!!

By: Vijay Anand Madhuranayagam

Vijay Anand Madhuranayagam — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 06:15:35 +0000

When we auto-schedule the backups we may need to delete the files from a particular folder. As per your suggestion we can use xp_cmdshell to do that.

By: madhivanan

madhivanan — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 12:24:19 +0000

You can use xp_cmdshell system procedure with DEL command. But why do you want to do this from sql?

By: Dewesh Pushkar

Dewesh Pushkar — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 04:06:37 +0000

Hi Sir,
How can I delete any file which is in hard disk using sql.

By: epikto

epikto — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 20:44:02 +0000

Thank you for this. With your query i was able to do the following:

select [Database], [1], [2]
from
(SELECT d.name [Database], mf.file_id,
mf.physical_name AS [Path]
FROM sys.master_files mf, sys.databases d
where d.database_id = mf.database_id) AS st
PIVOT
(
MAX([Path]) FOR file_id IN ([1], [2])
) AS PT

By: epikto

epikto — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 20:42:32 +0000

Thank you for this. With your reference i was able to do this

To show database files based on file_id.

Cheers,

Epikto

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By: Phillby11

Phillby11 — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 22:53:04 +0000

To achieve the same result in SQL 2000

SELECT name, filename AS current_file_location
FROM master..sysdatabases

By: madhivanan

madhivanan — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 09:30:03 +0000

Make use of this post
http://beyondrelational.com/blogs/madhivanan/archive/2009/05/07/how-to-find-size-of-backup-files-in-a-folder.aspx

By: Shaheb

Shaheb — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 07:08:58 +0000

Hi Panal,
I want a list of .mdf and .ldf filename,size,location and date modifed through query analyzer same as we check in the drive.how to write a T-Sql to get this information.
Thanks in advance
Shahab

By: Alba Henning

Alba Henning — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 13:30:18 +0000

Good Morning, Reading this website is a real pleasure, Many thanks !

By: madhivanan

madhivanan — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 08:17:35 +0000

How did you confirm the reader did not return data?

By: johnny

johnny — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 15:58:26 +0000

how to do it in vb.net? i try use the reader but it faile to return any result

By: Johnny

Johnny — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 15:56:02 +0000

Hi! I had try it in Query, it work and give me result.
I try to implement into vb.net with:

Dim sqlStatement1 As SqlCommand
sqlStatement1 = New SqlCommand(“SELECT name, physical_name AS current_file_location FROM sys.master_files Where name = ‘Ticket’”, mMain.Conn)

Dim sdr1 As SqlDataReader = sqlStatement1.ExecuteReader()

the reader return no result. why?

By: Vikram K Mahapatra

Vikram K Mahapatra — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 12:38:50 +0000

We can also find the location of data file and log file by executing sp_helpfile.

By: Salman

Salman — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 15:27:34 +0000

Give Solutin For Reduce size of Log File:

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