SQL: Data type for image

 

SQL: Data type for image

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The ntext, text, and image data types will be removed in a future version of SQL Server. Avoid using these data types in new development work, and plan to modify applications that currently use them. Use nvarchar(max), varchar(max), and varbinary(max) instead.

Example:

 

The table will have a “typical” Employee ID (defined as an IDENTITY) and Name (NVARCHAR) but will also include two additional columns which will hold the name of the physical image file stored as the NVARCHAR data type and also the binary data of that image file stored as the VARBINARY data type (previously, you might have used the IMAGE data type).