>>Kevin, I agree with Michel....you are much better off storing images on some shared network area (FTP server, or web server, whatever), and merely storing a reference to the filename in the database.
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>>Dealing with images in the database is a pain....it can be done, but you're better off handling them externally.
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>I can't help feeling that that's a bit of a generalisation?
>I can think of many cases where storing images as standalone files would not be optimal.
>And what are the downsides of using varbinary ?

Hi Viv

Kevin and Michels opinion is the one I see most.

What examples would you give where keeping the images standalone is not a good idea ?

Thanks

Nick