The Art of SQL Server FILESTREAM - Red Gate Software

Appendix A: Configuring FILESTREAM on a SQL Server InstanceThe access level should show either Transact-SQL access enabled or Full access enabled.Note that, in the Running values view, there is no actual drop-down list.The Configured values view will show the Filestream Access Level as configured atthe SQL Server instance level. It is possible for the configured value to show Full accessenabled, while the FILESTREAM feature can actually be disabled at the Windows level.Using T-SQL to check that FILESTREAM is enabledThe T-SQL code in Listing A-3 retrieves the FILESTREAM configuration of the currentSQL Server instance.SELECT SERVERPROPERTY('FilestreamEffectiveLevel') AS FilestreamEffectiveLevel/*FilestreamEffectiveLevel---------------------------1*/Listing A-3:Query to retrieve the FILESTREAM configuration level of a SQL Server instance.The possible return values of the above query are:• 0 - FILESTREAM is disabled• 1 - FILESTREAM is enabled for T-SQL access• 2 - FILESTREAM is enabled for T-SQL and local streaming access only• 3 - FILESTREAM is enabled for T-SQL and local and remote streaming access.At the time of writing, neither the MSDN documentation nor Books Online mentionconfiguration value 3. Configuration values 2 and 3 are used to differentiate betweenlocal and remote streaming access.478