August 23, 2006 09:23 PM
VARBINARY(MAX) Tames the BLOB
Use this new data type to easily import and retrieve BLOB data
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SQL Server Magazine
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Like the jelly-like Blob monster in those old Steve McQueen horror movies, mixing binary large objects
(BLOBs) with relational database data has traditionally been unnatural and difficult to manage. BLOBs
and relational database data are very different entities. Relational data usually consists of text or numbers
and tends to be small. In contrast, BLOB data is most often pictures in .jpg, .tiff, or .bmp format—such
as product images on a Web site—which can be quite large.
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