>>>Why do you think I am not using filestream? >> >>Because the samples on the filestream page are confusing. They are not using blob syntax. >>BOL reference about FileStream > >I was following this example: > >http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/FILESTREAM/67668/ > >However, I am a little concerned now. I thought that I should see a file in the folder that I set up as the path for the files to get stored that I can then open with Adobe reader. There is a file there but when I try to open with Adobe Reader it says it can't.