The Art of SQL Server FILESTREAM - Red Gate Software

Chapter 4: FILESTREAM with Entity Framework and LINQ to SQLCREATE DATABASE NorthPole ONPRIMARY (NAME = NorthPoleDB,FILENAME = 'C:\ArtOfFS\Demos\Chapter4\NorthPoleDB.mdf'), FILEGROUP NorthPole_fs CONTAINS FILESTREAM(NAME = NorthPole_fs,FILENAME = 'C:\ArtOfFS\Demos\Chapter4\NorthPole_fs')LOG ON (NAME = NorthPole_log,FILENAME = 'C:\ArtOfFS\Demos\Chapter4\NorthPole_log.ldf')GOListing 4-1:Rebuilding the sample NorthPole database.Next, create a table to store the FILESTREAM data using the code in Listing 4-2.USE NorthPoleGOCREATE TABLE [dbo].[Items]([ItemID] INT IDENTITY PRIMARY KEY,[ItemGuid] UNIQUEIDENTIFIER ROWGUIDCOL NOT NULL UNIQUE,[ItemNumber] VARCHAR(20),[ItemDescription] VARCHAR(50),[ItemImage] VARBINARY(MAX) FILESTREAM NULL)GOListing 4-2:Creating a table for the FILESTREAM data.Lab 2a: A simple EF application using T-SQL accessIn this lab we'll create a simple application that will treat the FILESTREAM column asa plain VARBINARY(MAX) column. This is the default way Entity Framework handlesFILESTREAM data. For applications that seek to leverage the streaming benefits ofFILESTREAM, this isn't a suitable approach, so you may want to review the alternativeapproach in Lab 2b.134