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magmo
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 Posted - 2009-05-19 : 15:35:46
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| HiI want to store images in a varbinary field, I currently use Varbinary(MAX), but maybe I can just use Varbinary(50) instead. The images stored there are around 700kb. How large file would I be able to store in a Varbinary(50) field? |
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robvolk
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Posted - 2009-05-19 : 15:42:44
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| You'll need to use varbinary(max). Varbinary(50) holds up to, believe it or not, 50 bytes. |
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magmo
Aged Yak Warrior
558 Posts |
Posted - 2009-05-19 : 15:48:02
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| Totaly useless in other words ;-), is there any tip I need to think of when storing images in DB? |
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mcrowley
Aged Yak Warrior
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Posted - 2009-05-19 : 16:14:01
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| If these images are going to be accessed a great deal, you probably don't want them in the database. Even varbinary(max) is stored in 8kb pages, so a 700 kb image has to be reconstituted for every access. For something like a website with a lot of traffic, this overhead will add up very quickly. For an internal corporate directory with only a few hundred people, you likely won't notice. |
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SwePeso
Patron Saint of Lost Yaks
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Posted - 2009-05-19 : 16:23:30
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Any chance you going to use SQL Server 2008? Have a look at FILESTREAM.
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magmo
Aged Yak Warrior
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Posted - 2009-05-19 : 16:27:47
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| Hi Peso, yes I know about this new function, but I'm not sure on when a purchase of sql server 2008 will be.... |
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robvolk
Most Valuable Yak
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Posted - 2009-05-19 : 16:51:08
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| Varbinary(max) is available in SQL Server 2005. If you have SQL 2000 or earlier, you can use the image data type.edit: sorry, realized you were talking about filestream. |
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Size of Varbinary(50)