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Re: database filesystem

From: David Portas <REMOVE_BEFORE_REPLYING_dportas_at_acm.org>
Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2007 10:19:35 -0000
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"hilt" <info_at_demeillon.net> wrote in message news:1194006733.435184.48460_at_i38g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
> when do you think ms will have a database based filesystem ?
>

SQL Server 2008 has a feature called Filestream. A filestream column is a BLOB that exposes binary data as a Windows file handle. The application sees the BLOB as a file but it has the management and concurrency features of the DBMS as well. This is the product of what was once the WinFX project.

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David Portas
Received on Sun Nov 04 2007 - 04:19:35 CST

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