How to find out the paths of SQL instance folder and specifically this path "Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL10_50.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\DATA" irrespective of in which drive the SQL Server is installed...

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I have this problem to find the path of MSSSQL instance and in that the DATA folder containing .mdf and .ldf files. I have to search for this programmatically in c#. Condtion is that i should be able to find this path irrespective of where and in which drive the SQL server is installed in. Any suggesstions??

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The path which was returned was Backup directory and i required a DATA directory..Any changes that i might have to do.

Posted 12-Jun-14 2:22am

Anshumaan Chaturvedi

Updated 12-Jun-14 18:58pm

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CHill60 · Accepted Answer · 2014-06-12T02:34:00

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Google will find you several examples or you could start with this CP article http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/684020/Checking-MS-SQL-Server-database-files-default-path
Put this code into a stored procedure which you can call from c# for example

Posted 12-Jun-14 2:34am

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Anshumaan Chaturvedi 12-Jun-14 9:59am

So this gets me all the instances of SQL server installed on local machine or on network also??
Finally this stored procedure will give me a path name or what ?