How to specify the exact .ndf file on a filegroup to save a table in?

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I have a filegroup(not the primary one) which contains two different .ndf files, for example a1.ndf and a2.ndf.



Now I want to create a table and I want my table to be saved in a2.ndf file not a1. Is there a way to do things like this? I am using SQL Server.



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    The most that you can do is to control file growth on a1, so that once a1 is full, all new data goes into only a2. It would sort of be like "retiring" a1. But I'm not sure from your question if that is your intent. And this also carries the caveat that freeing up space from a1 would result in data being written there again.
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I have a filegroup(not the primary one) which contains two different .ndf files, for example a1.ndf and a2.ndf.



Now I want to create a table and I want my table to be saved in a2.ndf file not a1. Is there a way to do things like this? I am using SQL Server.



Thanks.






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    The most that you can do is to control file growth on a1, so that once a1 is full, all new data goes into only a2. It would sort of be like "retiring" a1. But I'm not sure from your question if that is your intent. And this also carries the caveat that freeing up space from a1 would result in data being written there again.
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I have a filegroup(not the primary one) which contains two different .ndf files, for example a1.ndf and a2.ndf.



Now I want to create a table and I want my table to be saved in a2.ndf file not a1. Is there a way to do things like this? I am using SQL Server.



Thanks.






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I have a filegroup(not the primary one) which contains two different .ndf files, for example a1.ndf and a2.ndf.



Now I want to create a table and I want my table to be saved in a2.ndf file not a1. Is there a way to do things like this? I am using SQL Server.



Thanks.






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    The most that you can do is to control file growth on a1, so that once a1 is full, all new data goes into only a2. It would sort of be like "retiring" a1. But I'm not sure from your question if that is your intent. And this also carries the caveat that freeing up space from a1 would result in data being written there again.
    – mathewb
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    The most that you can do is to control file growth on a1, so that once a1 is full, all new data goes into only a2. It would sort of be like "retiring" a1. But I'm not sure from your question if that is your intent. And this also carries the caveat that freeing up space from a1 would result in data being written there again.
    – mathewb
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The most that you can do is to control file growth on a1, so that once a1 is full, all new data goes into only a2. It would sort of be like "retiring" a1. But I'm not sure from your question if that is your intent. And this also carries the caveat that freeing up space from a1 would result in data being written there again.
– mathewb
1 hour ago




The most that you can do is to control file growth on a1, so that once a1 is full, all new data goes into only a2. It would sort of be like "retiring" a1. But I'm not sure from your question if that is your intent. And this also carries the caveat that freeing up space from a1 would result in data being written there again.
– mathewb
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No, you can't specify the exact data file you want the data to go into.



What you can, though, is specify the filegroup at the table creation. If you want to fill in a big table on a specific disk drive, then you have to create a different filegroup, and create the table on that filegroup.






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    No, you can't specify the exact data file you want the data to go into.



    What you can, though, is specify the filegroup at the table creation. If you want to fill in a big table on a specific disk drive, then you have to create a different filegroup, and create the table on that filegroup.






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      No, you can't specify the exact data file you want the data to go into.



      What you can, though, is specify the filegroup at the table creation. If you want to fill in a big table on a specific disk drive, then you have to create a different filegroup, and create the table on that filegroup.






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        No, you can't specify the exact data file you want the data to go into.



        What you can, though, is specify the filegroup at the table creation. If you want to fill in a big table on a specific disk drive, then you have to create a different filegroup, and create the table on that filegroup.






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        No, you can't specify the exact data file you want the data to go into.



        What you can, though, is specify the filegroup at the table creation. If you want to fill in a big table on a specific disk drive, then you have to create a different filegroup, and create the table on that filegroup.







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