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DATABASEPROPERTY Function

Posted By: Sarita Patel     Category: SQL Server     Views: 2066

This article explains about DATABASEPROPERTY function in sql server with examples.

DATABASEPROPERTY function is used to get information about specified database property value.


Syntax of DATABASEPROPERTY Function :

DATABASEPROPERTY ( database, property )

database is a name of the database. It is of type nvarchar(128) 

property is a name of database property to return. It is of type varchar(128). Below are the possible property names.

Value

Description

Returned Value

IsAnsiNullDefault

Database follows SQL-92 rules for allowing null values.

1 = TRUE
0 = FALSE
NULL = Invalid input

IsAnsiNullsEnabled

All comparisons to a null evaluate to unknown.

1 = TRUE
0 = FALSE
NULL = Invalid input

IsAnsiWarningsEnabled

Error or warning messages are issued when standard error conditions occur.

1 = TRUE
0 = FALSE
NULL = Invalid input

IsAutoClose

Database shuts down cleanly and frees resources after the last user exits.

1 = TRUE
0 = FALSE
NULL = Invalid input

IsAutoCreateStatistics

Existing statistics are automatically updated when the statistics become out-of-date because the data in the tables has changed.

1 = TRUE
0 = FALSE
NULL = Invalid input

IsAutoShrink

Database files are candidates for automatic periodic shrinking.

1 = TRUE
0 = FALSE
NULL = Invalid input

IsAutoUpdateStatistics

Auto update statistics database option is enabled.

1 = TRUE
0 = FALSE
NULL = Invalid input

IsBulkCopy

Database allows nonlogged operations.

1 = TRUE
0 = FALSE
NULL = Invalid input

IsCloseCursorsOnCommitEnabled

Cursors that are open when a transaction is committed are closed.

1 = TRUE
0 = FALSE
NULL = Invalid input

IsDboOnly

Database is in DBO-only access mode.

1 = TRUE
0 = FALSE
NULL = Invalid input

IsDetached

Database was detached by a detach operation.

1 = TRUE
0 = FALSE
NULL = Invalid input

IsEmergencyMode

Emergency mode is enabled to allow suspect database to be usable.

1 = TRUE
0 = FALSE
NULL = Invalid input

IsFulltextEnabled

Database is full-text enabled.

1 = TRUE
0 = FALSE
NULL = Invalid input

IsInLoad

Database is loading.

1 = TRUE
0 = FALSE
NULL = Invalid input

IsInRecovery

Database is recovering.

1 = TRUE
0 = FALSE
NULL1 = Invalid input

IsInStandBy

Database is online as read-only, with restore log allowed.

1 = TRUE
0 = FALSE
NULL = Invalid input

IsLocalCursorsDefault

Cursor declarations default to LOCAL.

1 = TRUE
0 = FALSE
NULL = Invalid input

IsNotRecovered

Database failed to recover.

1 = TRUE
0 = FALSE
NULL = Invalid input

IsNullConcat

Null concatenation operand yields NULL.

1 = TRUE
0 = FALSE
NULL = Invalid input

IsOffline

Database is offline.

1 = TRUE
0 = FALSE
NULL = Invalid input

IsQuotedIdentifiersEnabled

Double quotation marks can be used on identifiers.

1 = TRUE
0 = FALSE
NULL = Invalid input

IsReadOnly

Database is in a read-only access mode.

1 = TRUE
0 = FALSE
NULL = Invalid input

IsRecursiveTriggersEnabled

Recursive firing of triggers is enabled.

1 = TRUE
0 = FALSE
NULL = Invalid input

IsShutDown

Database encountered a problem at startup.

1 = TRUE
0 = FALSE
NULL1 = Invalid input

IsSingleUser

Database is in single-user access mode.

1 = TRUE
0 = FALSE
NULL = Invalid input

IsSuspect

Database is suspect.

1 = TRUE
0 = FALSE
NULL = Invalid input

IsTruncLog

Database truncates its logon checkpoints.

1 = TRUE
0 = FALSE
NULL = Invalid input

Version

Internal version number of the Microsoft® SQL Server™ code with which the database was created. For internal use only by SQL Server tools and in upgrade processing.

Version number = Database is open
NULL = Database is closed

 

 Return type of DATABASEPROPERTY function is an integer.




Examples of DATABASEPROPERTY Function :

Example 1 : Use of DATABASEPROPERTY function to get database information in select clause

SELECT DATABASEPROPERTY('NorthWind','IsSuspect')

Output
0

Above example returns 0 means NorthWind database is not suspected.
  
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