>Guys,
>I come from a VFP background and I have this hesitation to use the Image field type because of the problems in the VFP database engine.
>I am now working with a SQL database and and to allow my users to upload pictures and store them in my database using the Image field type.
>
>Are there any issues I should be aware of? Should I store the path to the picuture like I did in my VFP apps?
>I will shrink the images before putting them into the database so the images will not be huge.
>
>Thanks,
>Einar

Use varbinary(max) instead if you want to store images. Storing paths may be a better idea still.