Database.FileGroups Property

Gets a collection of FileGroup objects. Each FileGroup object represents a file group defined on the database.

Namespace:  Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo
Assembly:  Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo (in Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<SfcObjectAttribute(SfcContainerRelationship.ChildContainer, SfcContainerCardinality.OneToAny, GetType(FileGroup))> _
Public ReadOnly Property FileGroups As FileGroupCollection 
    Get
'Usage
Dim instance As Database 
Dim value As FileGroupCollection 

value = instance.FileGroups
[SfcObjectAttribute(SfcContainerRelationship.ChildContainer, SfcContainerCardinality.OneToAny, typeof(FileGroup))]
public FileGroupCollection FileGroups { get; }
[SfcObjectAttribute(SfcContainerRelationship::ChildContainer, SfcContainerCardinality::OneToAny, 
    typeof(FileGroup))]
public:
property FileGroupCollection^ FileGroups {
    FileGroupCollection^ get ();
}
[<SfcObjectAttribute(SfcContainerRelationship.ChildContainer, SfcContainerCardinality.OneToAny, 
    typeof(FileGroup))>]
member FileGroups : FileGroupCollection
function get FileGroups () : FileGroupCollection

Property Value

Type: Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.FileGroupCollection
A FileGroupCollection object that represents all the file groups defined on the database.

Remarks

Specific file groups can be referenced by using this collection by specifying the name of the file group. To add a new file group to the collection, call the file group constructor FileGroup.

Examples

VB

'Connect to the local, default instance of SQL Server.
Dim srv As Server
srv = New Server

'Reference the AdventureWorks2012 database.
Dim db As Database
db = srv.Databases("AdventureWorks2012")

'Display all the log files in the database.
Dim lf As LogFile
For Each lf In db.LogFiles
   Console.WriteLine(lf.Name)
Next

PowerShell

$srv = new-Object Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Server("(local)")
$db = New-Object Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Database
$db = $srv.Databases.Item("AdventureWorks2012")

Foreach ($lf in $db.LogFiles)
{
   Write-Host $lf.Name
}

See Also

Reference

Database Class

Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo Namespace

Other Resources

Working with Database Objects

Using Filegroups and Files to Store Data

Creating, Altering, and Removing Databases

CREATE DATABASE (Transact-SQL)