Filestream column in the WHERE clause locks the server - sql

Question

I have implemented filestream in an existing database on SQL Server 2008 r2.
Now I have a very urgent problem as my site is practically down now:
With a very simple table like this:
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[Table1](
[Id] [int] IDENTITY(1,1),
[rowguid] [uniqueidentifier] ROWGUIDCOL NOT NULL,
[Image] [varbinary](max) FILESTREAM NULL,
CONSTRAINT [PK_Table1] PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED
(
[Id] ASC
)WITH (PAD_INDEX = OFF, STATISTICS_NORECOMPUTE = OFF, IGNORE_DUP_KEY = OFF,
ALLOW_ROW_LOCKS = ON, ALLOW_PAGE_LOCKS = ON) ON [PRIMARY],
CONSTRAINT [Table1RowguidUnique] UNIQUE NONCLUSTERED
(
[rowguid] ASC
)WITH (PAD_INDEX = OFF, STATISTICS_NORECOMPUTE = OFF, IGNORE_DUP_KEY = OFF,
ALLOW_ROW_LOCKS = ON, ALLOW_PAGE_LOCKS = ON) ON [PRIMARY]
) ON [PRIMARY]
ALTER TABLE [dbo].[Table1] ADD CONSTRAINT [DF_table1_rowguid] DEFAULT (newid()) FOR [rowguid]
GO
ALTER TABLE dbo.Table1
SET ( FILESTREAM_ON = fsfg_LiveWebsite )
GO
If I run:
select * from Table1 where Id = 1
it runs very quickly and give the correct result.
If I run anything with the "Varbinary(max) FILESTREAM" field in the where clause the whole table locks down.
So for example any of those 2 queries:
select Id from Table1 where Id = 1 and [Image] is null
select Id from Table1 where Id = 1 and [Image] = convert(varbinary(max), 'a')
What could this be?
Please reply asap with any suggestion!
Thank you

Answer 1

First and foremost if you want to query a VARBINARY column you'll need to enable and use Full-Text Search.
Reference Articles.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms142531.aspx (this article will give you an overview of Full-Text Search and the VARBINARY column)
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms187787.aspx (this article will show you how to use the CONTAINS T-SQL command to query the field)