To list the recovery order of all databases assigned a recovery order, use:
sp_dbrecovery_order
This generates output similar to:
The following databases have user specified recovery order: Recovery Order Database Name Database Id -------------- -------------------- ----------- 1 dbccdb 8 2 pubs2 5 3 pubs3 6 4 pubtune 7 The rest of the databases will be recovered in default database id order.
To display the recovery order of a specific database, enter the database name:
1> sp_dbrecovery_order pubs2 2> go
Database Name Database id Recovery Order ------------- ----------- -------------- pubs2 5 2