filestream-and-filetable-functions-transact-sql.md

title	FILESTREAM and FileTable Functions (Transact-SQL)
description	FILESTREAM and FileTable Functions (Transact-SQL)
author	rwestMSFT
ms.author	randolphwest
ms.date	10/02/2023
ms.service	sql
ms.subservice	system-objects
ms.topic	reference
helpviewer_keywords	FileTables [SQL Server], system functions
dev_langs	TSQL

FILESTREAM and FileTable Functions (Transact-SQL)

[!INCLUDE SQL Server]

This section describes the system functions related to the FILESTREAM and FileTable features.

• FileTableRootPath (Transact-SQL)

  Returns the root-level UNC path for a specific FileTable or for the current database.

• GetFileNamespacePath (Transact-SQL)

  Returns the UNC path for a file or directory in a FileTable.

• GetPathLocator (Transact-SQL)

  Returns the path locator ID value for the specified file or directory in a FileTable.

• PathName (Transact-SQL)

  Returns the path of a FILESTREAM binary large object (BLOB).

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