>>>>@All,
>>>>
>>>>We are investigating whether it would be possible to return a file somewhere that the SQL server service has access to by calling a stored procedure.
>>>>We do not want to store the file itself in the database, but we want to return and store the through simple calls through ODBC.
>>>>
>>>>Is there anything like that possible ? Wihtout using CLR ?
>>>>
>>>>Walter,
>>>
>>>If it is SQL server, then what is wrong with storing the files in the database (while physically they are separately on the disk)? You would then simply read/write them as a regular field. Check FILESTREAM attribute if file sizes are above 1 Mb.
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>>It bloats the database.
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>Not FILESTREAM. Read the doc here for pros and cons :
https://msdn.microsoft.com/library/hh461480I've been reading that... not sure whether that fits the bill. The datastore of the files need to be stored elsewhere (not on the expensive drives meant for SQL server) on a share. I'm not sure whether that is feasible. Any one knows ?
And what about backups?