Sintaxa (eronata oarecum) de la CREATE DATABASE din SQL2000 este

CREATE DATABASE database_name
[ ON
    [ < filespec > [ ,...n ] ]
    [ , < filegroup > [ ,...n ] ]
]
[ LOG ON { < filespec > [ ,...n ] } ]
[ COLLATE collation_name ]
[ FOR LOAD | FOR ATTACH ]

< filespec > ::=

[ PRIMARY ]
( [ NAME = logical_file_name , ]
    FILENAME = 'os_file_name'
    [ , SIZE = size ]
    [ , MAXSIZE = { max_size | UNLIMITED } ]
    [ , FILEGROWTH = growth_increment ] ) [ ,...n ]

Pentru 'os_file_name' BOL se spune clar:

Is the path and file name used by the operating system when it creates the physical file defined by the <filespec>. The path in os_file_name must specify a directory on an instance of SQL Server. os_file_name cannot specify a directory in a compressed file system.