Microsoft SQL data type

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hello everyone
using Microsoft SQL.
what datatype should i use for a byte array data. thank you

Posted 28-Dec-11 7:20am

sisey shaban

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You could use either binary or varbinary for this purpose.

Posted 28-Dec-11 7:27am

fjdiewornncalwe

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Wendelius 28-Dec-11 13:29pm

Yep, exactly , my 5.

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binary(n) for fixed-length binary data of length and varbinary(max) which is used to store large binary values (BLOBs)

binary(n) variables store n bytes of fixed-size binary data. They may store a maximum of 8,000 bytes
varbinary(max) variables store variable-length binary data of approximately n bytes. They may store a maximum of 2 gigabytes.
Reference Link ;- Binary Data Types in SQL Server[^]

Posted 28-Dec-11 8:04am

RaviRanjanKr

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Wendelius · Accepted Answer · 2011-12-28T07:28:00

Solution 2

I'd suggest varbinary for binary strings. This is the datatype that's going to be supported in future versions.

Posted 28-Dec-11 7:28am

Wendelius

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fjdiewornncalwe 28-Dec-11 13:30pm

+5 to you as well. :)

Wendelius 28-Dec-11 13:35pm

Thanks :)

Amir Mahfoozi 28-Dec-11 15:39pm

So how about text and image data types. Is it going to something happen to them in the future ?

Wendelius 28-Dec-11 16:01pm

Yep, MS is mos likely going to remove them. See: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms187993(v=SQL.105).aspx[^]

Amir Mahfoozi 29-Dec-11 1:42am

Thank you for informing me :)

Wendelius 29-Dec-11 2:27am

You're welcome :)