Doc library

Question

HI My question is if i upload a document into sharepoint doc library where is it actually getting stored. whether is it stored in Contant database that is created in SQL Server or it has its own database. Also when search is executed for the document how is it retrieved in the Search List. Thanks in advance. Regards Sivapratap.

Manesh Golekar · Answer

Hi Sivapratap SharePoint stores all live data in Content Database. So Documents uploaded to SP Doc library are directly saved in database (as blob/image). SharePoint Search engine crawls for all Site content and creates indexing for each item in your sp site . When you search for anything Sharepoint does query on crawled content and it returns matching results with query provided.