Here’s a quick T-SQL tip on getting the paths for all database files in a SQL Server instance.
The T-SQL Tip
You can get the list of paths for all database files (both data and log files) using the undocumented SQL Server stored procedure sp_MSforeachdb. You can use the below T-SQL statement:
exec sp_MSforeachdb @command1="USE [?]; SELECT CAST(DB_NAME() AS VARCHAR(50)) AS DBName, CAST(physical_name AS VARCHAR(150)) as Files FROM sys.database_files";
For more info about the undocumented SQL Server stored procedure sp_MSforeachdb, you can check this article on my SQLNetHub.
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