I have a filestream confiugered table with all the requisits. I have a varbinary(max) column to store filestream files. Once I read a file into the table and SQL server places the document out onto the file system, what becomes of the varbinary(max) column? When I select from the table I get a huge hex value returned in the varbinary(max) column. Does that mean the varbinary(max) column is storing something inside SQL Server? Will that effect page splits? Can I read a document into filestream then delete the data in the varbinary(max) column after the document has been stored? After that all I'm interested in is the path to the document stored on the file system. Should I even care?
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