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

SELECT DISTINCT dbo.GetDirectoryPath(filename) AS InstanceDataPaths
FROM sys.sysaltfiles WHERE filename like '%.mdf' and filename not like '%\MSSQL\Binn\%'

SELECT DISTINCT dbo.GetDirectoryPath(filename) AS InstanceLogPaths
FROM sys.sysaltfiles WHERE filename like '%.ldf' and filename not like '%\MSSQL\Binn\%'

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