Can move a file outside of PRIMARY to a new file group?

So I messed up and didn't create file groups for my scheme
partitioning strategy... can I create a file group and then take a
file out of PRIMARY and move it to SAN1_FILEGROUP for example?
I'm thinking take the database OFFLINE
and ALTER DATABASE to move the file to the SAN1_FILEGROUP?
Thanks
ErikNo, that is because SQL Server don't place objects on a certain file, it places objects on a
filegroup. So, create a new filegroup, add file(s) to it, move the objects, shrink the original file
using (EMPTYFILE) and then drop that file.
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"Erik G" <info@.fdaregulatory.com> wrote in message
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> So I messed up and didn't create file groups for my scheme
> partitioning strategy... can I create a file group and then take a
> file out of PRIMARY and move it to SAN1_FILEGROUP for example?
> I'm thinking take the database OFFLINE
> and ALTER DATABASE to move the file to the SAN1_FILEGROUP?
> Thanks
> Erik
>