sys.sysdevices (Transact-SQL)
Contains one row for each disk backup file, tape backup file, and database file.
Important
This SQL Server 2000 system table is included as a view for backward compatibility. We recommend that you use the current SQL Server system views instead. To find the equivalent system view or views, see Mapping SQL Server 2000 System Tables to SQL Server 2005 System Views. This feature will be removed in a future version of Microsoft SQL Server. Avoid using this feature in new development work, and plan to modify applications that currently use this feature.
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 2 = Physical disk 4 = Logical disk 8 = Skip header 16 = Backup file 32 = Serial writes 4096 = Read-only |
cntrltype |
smallint |
Controller type: 0 = Non-CD-ROM database file 2 = Disk backup file 3 - 4 = Diskette backup file 5 = Tape backup file 6 = Named-pipe file |
phyname |
nvarchar(260) |
Name of the physical file. |