>>>I have mugshot photos I want to store in a datatable along with the persons profile. Previously I have only stored the url to the photo so not sure what is the proper column type etc. I know there is an Image type, but is it that simple? I would love any advice for this or advice to not do it.
>>>Thanks
>>>Tim
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>>The problem was discussed here before. If you do want to store this data in a table, then use varbinary(max) data type.
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>Hi Naomi,
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>Thanks for the quick response. Why that instead of Image? Just curious. Also, how might I be able to save a photo in the table in one of my records for testing? I can't just cut and paste it in like other text.
>Tim

Tim,

Please read this interesting discussion http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/transactsql/thread/03f27722-6fda-4e0c-8f55-645519c3cb2f with many good links in it.