The Art of SQL Server FILESTREAM - Red Gate Software

The secondary audience for this book are any SQL Server administrators and technicalproject managers on projects requiring the storage and retrieval of BLOB (Binary LargeObjects) data. The second half of the book is dedicated to FILESTREAM database administration-relatedtopics covering almost everything you might need to know when dealingwith FILESTREAM-enabled databases.How this book is organizedChapters 1–2 of the book provide an overview of the FILESTREAM feature and enoughinformation to enable the technology and then start creating a FILESTREAM-enableddatabase, tables and columns, and manipulating FILESTREAM data with T-SQL.Chapters 3–6 explain how to access FILESTREAM data from client applications, throughthe streaming APIs, targeting the interests of database developers. Topics covered includehow to:• access FILESTREAM data in a transactionally consistent manner using C#.NET(with equivalent code examples provided in C++ and VB.NET)• access FILESTREAM data with Entity Framework and LINQ to SQL• deploy and configure FILESTREAM Web Applications with IIS (InternetInformation Services)• handle FILESTREAM data in N-tier .NET applications.Chapters 7–10 cover topics relating to the administration of FILESTREAM-enableddatabases, such as backup and restore, migrating FILESTREAM databases and data, andinvestigating FILESTREAM databases, using Dynamic Management Views (DMVs).21