Create a Table for Storing FILESTREAM Data

Applies to: SQL Server

This topic shows how to create a table for storing FILESTREAM data.

When the database has a FILESTREAM filegroup, you can create or modify tables to store FILESTREAM data. To specify that a column contains FILESTREAM data, you create a varbinary(max) column and add the FILESTREAM attribute.

1. In SQL Server Management Studio, click New Query to display the Query Editor.

2. Copy the Transact-SQL code from the following example into the Query Editor. This Transact-SQL code creates a FILESTREAM-enabled table called Records.

3. To create the table, click Execute.

The following code example shows how to create a table that is named Records. The Id column is a ROWGUIDCOL column and is required to use FILESTREAM data with Win32 APIs. The SerialNumber column is a UNIQUE INTEGER. The Chart column is a FILESTREAM column and is used to store the Chart in the file system.

CREATE TABLE Archive.dbo.Records
(
    [Id] [uniqueidentifier] ROWGUIDCOL NOT NULL UNIQUE, 
    [SerialNumber] INTEGER UNIQUE,
    [Chart] VARBINARY(MAX) FILESTREAM NULL
);
GO

CREATE TABLE (Transact-SQL)
ALTER TABLE (Transact-SQL)