>>>OK, I'm feeling pretty silly :o) Thanks again Borislav!
>>
>>Aren't we all in Friday?
>>
>>BTW that works for me better:
>>

>>cMyImage = GETFILE()
>>CREATE CURSOR crsTest (Fld1 BLOB)
>>INSERT INTO crsTest VALUES (FILETOSTR(cMyImage))
>>TEXT TO lcSQL NOSHOW PRETEXT 15 TEXTMERGE
>>    INSERT INTO TestMe (Mytest)
>>                    VALUES (?crsTest.Fld1)
>>ENDTEXT
>>IF sqlexec(m1,lcSql) < 0
>>   AERROR(laError)
>>   MessageBox(laError[1,2])
>>ENDIF
>>
>>
>>CLOSE DATABASES ALL
>>SET VARCHARMAPPING ON 
>>CURSORSETPROP("MapBinary", .t., 0)
>>TEXT TO lcSQL NOSHOW PRETEXT 15 TEXTMERGE
>>     SELECT * FROM TestMe
>>ENDTEXT
>>IF sqlexec(m1,lcSql,[aaa]) < 0
>>   AERROR(laError)
>>   MessageBox(laError[1,2])
>>ENDIF
>>BROWSE NORMAL
>>

>>where m1 is my connection handler to SQL Server
>>TestMe.Mytest is a varbinary(MAX) field
>
>So, you're storing varbinary(max) field in SQL Server and retrieve with simple SELECT ... by using two extra commands right before, correct?

yes.

>
>And then how exactly you're showing this field and updating? We're retrieving the data with SQL Pass Through, but by setting several properties we're manipulating with the record as as in a remote view.
>
>Thanks in advance.

It depends what is stored there.
If it is picture you could use PictureVal property of the Image control.
If it is some other type of file first you could save it as physical file on disk and then use it somehow (automation, shellexecute...)