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

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Filestream and FileTable Functions (Transact-SQL)

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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).

For more information about FileTables, see FileTables (SQL Server).