How to determine programatically what datafiles are associated with a database

I'm writing a data collection script to gather database and data file
information. This information will be used for reporting and analysis. I
want to be able to tell what data files are associated with each of the
databases. sysfiles doesn't include the database name and sysaltfiles
doesn't include all of the datafiles.
Query I'm using:
use master
select f.file_name, f.name, ...
from master.dbo.sysaltfiles a ,
dbo.sysfiles f ,
master.dbo.sysdatabases db
where a.name=f.name
and a.fileid = f.fileid
and a.dbid = db.dbid
and db.name = 'master'
I can probably infer the database name from the name column but I'd rather
not go there!
Please don't tell me to go somewhere and point and click. I'm monitoring
almost 70 databases and this data needs to be collected on a daily basis.
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use sp_msforeachdb:
exec sp_msforeachdb '
select db.name, f.name
from master.dbo.sysaltfiles a ,
?.dbo.sysfiles f ,
master.dbo.sysdatabases db
where a.name=f.name
and a.fileid = f.fileid
and a.dbid = db.dbid '
hth
dean
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> I'm writing a data collection script to gather database and data file
> information. This information will be used for reporting and analysis. I
> want to be able to tell what data files are associated with each of the
> databases. sysfiles doesn't include the database name and sysaltfiles
> doesn't include all of the datafiles.
> Query I'm using:
> use master
> select f.file_name, f.name, ...
> from master.dbo.sysaltfiles a ,
> dbo.sysfiles f ,
> master.dbo.sysdatabases db
> where a.name=f.name
> and a.fileid = f.fileid
> and a.dbid = db.dbid
> and db.name = 'master'
> I can probably infer the database name from the name column but I'd rather
> not go there!
> Please don't tell me to go somewhere and point and click. I'm monitoring
> almost 70 databases and this data needs to be collected on a daily basis.
> --
> Message posted via http://www.webservertalk.com|||Try this:
exec sp_MSforeachdb
'
use [?]
select so.name as Table_Name,
sfg.groupname as GroupName,
sf.name as LogicalName,
sf.filename as PhysicalFileName
from dbo.sysobjects so
inner join sysindexes si
on so.id = si.id
inner join sysfilegroups sfg
on si.groupid = sfg.groupid
inner join sysfiles sf
on sf.groupid = sfg.groupid
group by so.name,
sfg.groupname,
sf.name,
sf.filename
'|||For this query add brackets around the question mark. i.e. [?]|||What does sp_msforeachdb do? It is not in my online book. I hesitate to
run something in 70 production databases without knowing the possible
ramifications.
Message posted via http://www.webservertalk.com|||I figured out what the procedure does.
Perhaps I'm not clear I want the database name and all associated data file
names. The following query gives me table names.
select so.name as Table_Name,
sfg.groupname as GroupName,
sf.name as LogicalName,
sf.filename as PhysicalFileName
from dbo.sysobjects so
inner join sysindexes si
on so.id = si.id
inner join sysfilegroups sfg
on si.groupid = sfg.groupid
inner join sysfiles sf
on sf.groupid = sfg.groupid
group by so.name,
sfg.groupname,
sf.name,
sf.filename
Message posted via http://www.webservertalk.com|||it is undocumented and unsupported, meaning that ms might choose not to
include it in future versions of sql server. however, it is widely used. you
can check the definition (in master db) with:
exec sp_helptext 'sp_msforeachdb'
nothing fancy (builds a cursor internallly), but very handy.
dean
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> What does sp_msforeachdb do? It is not in my online book. I hesitate to
> run something in 70 production databases without knowing the possible
> ramifications.
> --
> Message posted via http://www.webservertalk.com|||Hi
The database may have two or more log files. You also need to see them
Look at this script helps you.
SELECT RTRIM(filename)
FROM sysfiles
WHERE fileid = (SELECT MIN(fileid) FROM sysfiles)
UNION ALL
SELECT RTRIM(filename)
FROM sysfiles
WHERE fileid > (SELECT MIN(fileid) FROM sysfiles) AND
fileid < (SELECT MAX(fileid) FROM sysfiles)
UNION ALL
SELECT RTRIM(filename) FROM sysfiles
WHERE fileid = (SELECT MAX(fileid) FROM sysfiles)
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> I figured out what the procedure does.
> Perhaps I'm not clear I want the database name and all associated data
file
> names. The following query gives me table names.
> select so.name as Table_Name,
> sfg.groupname as GroupName,
> sf.name as LogicalName,
> sf.filename as PhysicalFileName
> from dbo.sysobjects so
> inner join sysindexes si
> on so.id = si.id
> inner join sysfilegroups sfg
> on si.groupid = sfg.groupid
> inner join sysfiles sf
> on sf.groupid = sfg.groupid
> group by so.name,
> sfg.groupname,
> sf.name,
> sf.filename
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