VarBinary vs Image SQL Server Data Type to Store Binary Data

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I need to store binary files to the SQL Server Database  Which is the better Data Type out of Varbinary and Image

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Since image is deprecated  you should use varbinary    per Microsoft  thanks for the link  Christopher      ntext   text  and image data types will be removed in a future   version of Microsoft SQL Server  Avoid using these data types in new   development work  and plan to modify applications that currently use   them  Use nvarchar max   varchar max   and varbinary max  instead       Fixed and variable-length data types for storing large non-Unicode and   Unicode character and binary data  Unicode data uses the UNICODE UCS-2   character set

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https   docs microsoft com en-us sql t-sql data-types ntext-text-and-image-transact-sql     image      Variable-length binary data from 0 through 2 31-1  2 147 483 647    bytes  Still it IS supported to use image datatype  but be aware of    https   docs microsoft com en-us sql t-sql data-types binary-and-varbinary-transact-sql     varbinary     n   max         Variable-length binary data  n can be a value from 1 through 8 000  max indicates that the maximum storage   size is 2 31-1 bytes  The storage size is the actual length of the   data entered   2 bytes  The data that is entered can be 0 bytes in   length  The ANSI SQL synonym for varbinary is binary varying    So both are equally in size  2GB   But be aware of   https   docs microsoft com en-us sql database-engine deprecated-database-engine-features-in-sql-server-2016 features-not-supported-in-a-future-version-of-sql-server  Though the end of  image  datatype is still not determined  you should use the  future  proof equivalent   But you have to ask yourself  why storing BLOBS in a Column   https   docs microsoft com en-us sql relational-databases blob compare-options-for-storing-blobs-sql-server

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There is also the rather spiffy FileStream  introduced in SQL Server 2008

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There is also the rather spiffy FileStream  introduced in SQL Server 2008

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There is also the rather spiffy FileStream  introduced in SQL Server 2008

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https   docs microsoft com en-us sql t-sql data-types ntext-text-and-image-transact-sql     image      Variable-length binary data from 0 through 2 31-1  2 147 483 647    bytes  Still it IS supported to use image datatype  but be aware of    https   docs microsoft com en-us sql t-sql data-types binary-and-varbinary-transact-sql     varbinary     n   max         Variable-length binary data  n can be a value from 1 through 8 000  max indicates that the maximum storage   size is 2 31-1 bytes  The storage size is the actual length of the   data entered   2 bytes  The data that is entered can be 0 bytes in   length  The ANSI SQL synonym for varbinary is binary varying    So both are equally in size  2GB   But be aware of   https   docs microsoft com en-us sql database-engine deprecated-database-engine-features-in-sql-server-2016 features-not-supported-in-a-future-version-of-sql-server  Though the end of  image  datatype is still not determined  you should use the  future  proof equivalent   But you have to ask yourself  why storing BLOBS in a Column   https   docs microsoft com en-us sql relational-databases blob compare-options-for-storing-blobs-sql-server

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varbinary max  is the way to go  introduced in SQL Server 2005

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varbinary max  is the way to go  introduced in SQL Server 2005

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There is also the rather spiffy FileStream  introduced in SQL Server 2008

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varbinary max  is the way to go  introduced in SQL Server 2005

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varbinary max  is the way to go  introduced in SQL Server 2005

[sql-server] VarBinary vs Image SQL Server Data Type to Store Binary Data?

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