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

Thanks I forgot that varbinary(max) has replaced image (or that image is depreciated).