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Using SQL Server 2005 and Management Studio how do I insert a picture into an Image type column of a table?
Most importantly how do I verify if it is there?
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Insert one image into SQL Server This table will have an integer (int) id and the image column named img. The data type that we are going to use to store images is the varbinary(max). The INSERT statement inserts the value 1 as the id and then inserts the image named 1. png from the folder img in the c drive.
The IMAGE data type in SQL Server has been used to store the image files. Recently, Microsoft began suggesting using VARBINARY(MAX) instead of IMAGE for storing a large amount of data in a single column since IMAGE will be retired in a future version of MS SQL Server.
How to view images stored in your database Start SQL Image Viewer and connect to your database. For SQL Server databases, tables containing blob columns will be highlighted in green in the list of database objects. Write the query to retrieve your images, and execute the query.
If the picture or document has a size below 256kb, storing them in a database VARBINARY column is more efficient. But in case the size is 1 MB, storing them in a file system is more efficient. If you place your pictures into a SQL Server table, you should store those pictures in a separate table.
CREATE TABLE Employees ( Id int, Name varchar(50) not null, Photo varbinary(max) not null ) INSERT INTO Employees (Id, Name, Photo) SELECT 10, 'John', BulkColumn FROM Openrowset( Bulk 'C:\photo.bmp', Single_Blob) as EmployeePicture For updating a record:
UPDATE Employees SET [Photo] = (SELECT MyImage.* from Openrowset(Bulk 'C:\photo.bmp', Single_Blob) MyImage) where Id = 10 Notes:
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