There is a preliminary step I must do to make this example work. Not sure which tool to use? Review a comparison between the tools here.įor this exercise, I am assuming that you have some basic understanding of the use of Azure Data Studio (logging in and connecting to a database, executing queries, etc.) but if not, there is a helpful QuickStart guide. I would like to import images for each employee from a source location into a table and then be able to export the image for processing later.įor this exercise I chose to use Azure Data Studio and an on-premises SQL Server database, but you could just as easy use SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS). Here, lets imagine an employee database where, included with identification information, is a unique image of the individual.

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.Īs always, I think the best way to understand something is via a working example. The IMAGE data type in SQL Server has been used to store the image files.

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