The Art of SQL Server FILESTREAM - Red Gate Software

Chapter 2: Getting Started with FILESTREAMCREATE DATABASE NorthPole ON PRIMARY (NAME = NorthPole,FILENAME = 'C:\ArtOfFS\Demos\Chapter2\NorthPole.mdf'), FILEGROUP NorthPole_fs1 CONTAINS FILESTREAM DEFAULT(NAME = NorthPole_fs1,FILENAME = 'C:\ArtOfFS\Demos\Chapter2\NorthPole_fs1'), FILEGROUP NorthPole_fs2 CONTAINS FILESTREAM(NAME = NorthPole_fs2,FILENAME = 'C:\ArtOfFS\Demos\Chapter2\NorthPole_fs2') LOG ON (NAME = NorthPole_log,FILENAME = 'C:\ArtOfFS\Demos\Chapter2\NorthPole_log.ldf')GOListing 2-26:Creating a database with two FILESTREAM filegroups.Note that, if you have more than one FILESTREAM filegroup, you need to specifyone of them as the default filegroup; SQL Server will use the default filegroup for theFILESTREAM storage if you create a table without specifying the FILESTREAM filegroup.In Listing 2-29, NorthPole_fs1 is specified as the default.To specify the FILESTREAM filegroup for the table you are creating, use theFILESTREAM_ON clause, as shown in Listing 2-27, in which two tables are created, eachusing a different filegroup.-- Store FILESTREAM data on "NorthPole_fs1"CREATE TABLE [dbo].[Items1]([ItemID] UNIQUEIDENTIFIER ROWGUIDCOLNOT NULLUNIQUE ,[ItemNumber] VARCHAR(20) ,[ItemDescription] VARCHAR(50) ,[ItemImage] VARBINARY(MAX) FILESTREAMNULL) FILESTREAM_ON NorthPole_fs1GO84