How do I find the data directory for a SQL Server instance?

Question

We have a few huge databases (20GB+) which mostly contain static lookup data. Because our application executes joins against tables in these databases, they have t

Answer 1

Keeping it simple:

use master
select DB.name, F.physical_name from sys.databases DB join sys.master_files F on DB.database_id=F.database_id

this will return all databases with associated files