The Art of SQL Server FILESTREAM - Red Gate Software

Setting the access levelChapter 1: Storing and Managing Unstructured DataAll the rest of the work can be done from within SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS),so open it up and connect to the instance you just FILESTREAM enabled. Since we areenabling FILESTREAM access on an instance that did not have FILESTREAM enabledas part of the SQL Server installation process, we will also need to set the FILESTREAMAccess Level, as demonstrated in Listing 1-6.EXEC sp_configure filestream_access_level, 2;GORECONFIGUREGOListing 1-6:Setting the FILESTREAM access level for the instance.Here, we've enabled both T-SQL and file I/O streaming access for the instance. Alternatively,by setting the filestream_access_level to 1, we could have enabled T-SQLaccess only (a value of 0 means disabled).This same process can be performed through the SSMS GUI (see Appendix A).Adding FILESTREAM storageNext, we need to add a FILESTREAM filegroup and FILESTREAM file (data container) tothe NorthPole database, as shown in Listing 1-7.ALTER DATABASE NorthPoleADD FILEGROUP NorthPole_fsCONTAINS FILESTREAM;GOALTER DATABASE NorthPoleADD FILE (NAME = NorthPole_fs,41