In this recipe, we will create a FileTable.
Before you can use a FileTable, the FileStream feature needs to be first enabled on your instance. If you haven't already enabled it, you can follow the Enabling FileStream recipe to enable it.
In addition, you should also have a Filestream filegroup. You can follow the Setting up a FileStream filegroup recipe to prepare this recipe.
Let's take a look at the steps to create a FileTable using SMO and PowerShell:
Open PowerShell ISE as an administrator.
Import the
SQLPS
module and create a new SMO Server object as follows:#import SQL Server module Import-Module SQLPS –DisableNameChecking $instanceName = "localhost" $server = New-Object -TypeName Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Server -ArgumentList $instanceName
Add the following script and run it:
#filestream enabled database $databaseName = "FileStreamDB" $db = $server.Databases[$databaseName] #get handle to filestream filegroup $filegroupName = "FilestreamData...