filegroup-name-transact-sql.md

title	FILEGROUP_NAME (Transact-SQL)
description	FILEGROUP_NAME (Transact-SQL)
author	markingmyname
ms.author	maghan
ms.date	03/03/2017
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ms.subservice	t-sql
ms.topic	reference
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FILEGROUP_NAME (Transact-SQL)

[!INCLUDE SQL Server Azure SQL Managed Instance]

This function returns the filegroup name for the specified filegroup identification (ID) number.

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Syntax

FILEGROUP_NAME ( filegroup_id )   

Arguments

filegroup_id

The filegroup ID number whose filegroup name FILEGROUP_NAME will return. filegroup_id has a smallint data type.

Return Types

nvarchar(128)

Remarks

filegroup_id corresponds to the data_space_id column of the sys.filegroups catalog view.

Examples

This example returns the filegroup name for filegroup ID 1 in the [!INCLUDEssSampleDBnormal] database.

SELECT FILEGROUP_NAME(1) AS [Filegroup Name];  
GO  

[!INCLUDEssResult]

Filegroup Name   
-----------------------  
PRIMARY  
  
(1 row(s) affected)  

See Also

Metadata Functions (Transact-SQL)
SELECT (Transact-SQL)
sys.filegroups (Transact-SQL)