Listing information about all database files in SQL Server

Question

Is it possible to list information about the files (MDF/LDF) of all databases on an SQL Server?

I\'d like to get a list showing which database is using what files on th

Answer 1

If you rename your Database, MS SQL Server does not rename the underlying files.

Following query gives you the current name of the database and the Logical file name (which might be the original name of the Database when it was created) and also corresponding physical file names.

Note: Un-comment the last line to see only the actual data files

select  db.database_id, 
        db.name "Database Name", 
        files.name "Logical File Name",
        files.physical_name
from    sys.master_files files 
        join sys.databases db on db.database_id = files.database_id 
--                           and files.type_desc = 'ROWS'

Reference:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-databases/system-catalog-views/sys-master-files-transact-sql?view=sql-server-ver15

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-databases/system-catalog-views/sys-databases-transact-sql?view=sql-server-ver15

Answer 2

I am using script to get empty space in each file:

Create Table ##temp
(
    DatabaseName sysname,
    Name sysname,
    physical_name nvarchar(500),
    size decimal (18,2),
    FreeSpace decimal (18,2)
)   
Exec sp_msforeachdb '
Use [?];
Insert Into ##temp (DatabaseName, Name, physical_name, Size, FreeSpace)
    Select DB_NAME() AS [DatabaseName], Name,  physical_name,
    Cast(Cast(Round(cast(size as decimal) * 8.0/1024.0,2) as decimal(18,2)) as nvarchar) Size,
    Cast(Cast(Round(cast(size as decimal) * 8.0/1024.0,2) as decimal(18,2)) -
        Cast(FILEPROPERTY(name, ''SpaceUsed'') * 8.0/1024.0 as decimal(18,2)) as nvarchar) As FreeSpace
    From sys.database_files
'
Select * From ##temp
drop table ##temp

Size is expressed in KB.

Answer 3

If you want get location of Database you can check Get All DBs Location.
you can use sys.master_files for get location of db and sys.databse to get db name

SELECT
    db.name AS DBName,
    type_desc AS FileType,
    Physical_Name AS Location
FROM
    sys.master_files mf
INNER JOIN 
    sys.databases db ON db.database_id = mf.database_id

Answer 4

The query will error if multiple data files (e.g. ".ndf" file types) are used in one of the databases.

Here's a version of your query using joins instead of the sub-queries.

Cheers!

SELECT
    db.name AS DBName,
    db.database_id,
    mfr.physical_name AS DataFile,
    mfl.physical_name AS LogFile
FROM sys.databases db
    JOIN sys.master_files mfr ON db.database_id=mfr.database_id AND mfr.type_desc='ROWS'
    JOIN sys.master_files mfl ON db.database_id=mfl.database_id AND mfl.type_desc='LOG'
ORDER BY db.database_id

Answer 5

You can use sys.master_files.

Contains a row per file of a database as stored in the master database. This is a single, system-wide view.

Answer 6

You can also try this.

 select db_name(dbid) dbname, filename from sys.sysaltfiles