Question

I’m using the SQL Server 2008 filestream feature in one of my projects, is there a way to check the filestream status (if it’s enabled or not) using a query?

Answer 1

You can certainly check that using the sp_configure system stored procedure:

exec sp_configure 'filestream access level'

or

SELECT * FROM sys.configurations
WHERE name = 'filestream access level'

Should give you something like:

name                 minimum    maximum config_value    run_value
filestream access level 0      2         0              0

• 0 = FILESTREAM is disabled.
• 1 = only T-SQL access to FILESTREAM data is allowed.
• 2 = T-SQL access and local streaming access is allowed.
• 3 = T-SQL access and local and remote streaming access is allowed.

Reference: https://svenaelterman.wordpress.com/2012/01/02/the-truth-behind-filestreameffectivelevel-and-filestreamconfiguredlevel-serverproperty-values/