I created a table just now and got the following message:

'myTable' table
- Unable to create table.  
ADO error: Creation of table 'PresetProgram' failed because the row size would be 42288, including internal overhead. This exceeds the maximum allowable table row size, 8060

I've got several binary fields (length 1K) which is causing the row size to be so insanely large.

I know that if I change the field type to varbinary there is not error and I am able to create my table.
Are there any performance loss choosing varbinary compared to binary?
Is the maximum row size increased in SQL2005?

Thanks,
Einar