How to compare SQL timestamp in .NET?

Question

I have mapped Entity framework entities. Each table in SQL Server 2008 contains Timestamp column which is mapped as byte array. The length of array is always 8.

Now I need to compare timestamp values in .NET. I come with two solutions but I don't know which one is better?

• Compare it as arrays. When first pair of bytes is different return false.
• Convert byte array to long, compare longs.

Which solution is better? Or is there any other solution?

Answer 1

We do it by comparing them as byte arrays. Works fine for us.