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why image data type is 2GB

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Rajeshjaiswalraj
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Posted - 2011-07-27 : 10:03:05

hi all;
i want to know,why image data type is 2gb even while storeing the image the image will not store in that table, it wll store out of database.

robvolk
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Posted - 2011-07-27 : 10:18:36

Image type data is always stored in the database. The 2 GB limit is how it was originally defined: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms187993.aspx

If you need to store > 2 GB you'll have to use varbinary(max) with FILESTREAM in SQL Server 2008 or higher:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb933993.aspx
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc949109(v=SQL.100).aspx

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