The Art of SQL Server FILESTREAM - Red Gate Software

Chapter 9: Investigating FILESTREAM DatabasesIdentifying the tables with FILESTREAM columnsA FILESTREAM column can be identified by looking at the is_filestream column ofthe system view sys.columns, as shown in Listing 9-9.SELECT DISTINCTOBJECT_NAME(OBJECT_ID) AS TableNameFROM sys.columns cWHERE c.is_filestream = 1/*TableName---------ItemsItems2Items3Items4*/Listing 9-9:Retrieving a list of all tables with FILESTREAM fields in a database.Identifying the FILESTREAM folder names associated witheach FILESTREAM tableSQL Server creates a root folder for every FILESTREAM table in the database. Since thefolders are named using GUID values, it will often be very confusing when you haveseveral FILESTREAM tables in the database. Listing 9-10 shows a query that can be usedto determine the folder names associated with each FILESTREAM table.SELECTt.name AS TableName,d.name AS FileGroup,p.filestream_guid AS FolderNameFROM sys.tables tINNER JOIN sys.system_internals_partitions pON p.object_id = t.object_id341