Saving an Image using entity framework CodeFirst

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I am new to entity framework and I am trying to go the Code First approach. When defining one of my model classes I want one of the objects in the class to map to a Image column in my Sql Server Database. What object type would I use here so that when the table is created it would make that column an Image column?

Ravi Gadag · Accepted Answer · 2012-02-05 02:27:07Z

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you can use byte[] datatype on your objects, for Sql you can use varbinary(max) (as image data type will be removed from future sql version. MSDN - Image datatype

public byte[] yourFiles{get;set;}

you can configure like this using fluent api

modelBuilder.Entity<SomePOCOClass>().Property(p => p.yourFiles).HasColumnName("yourColumnName").HasMaxLength(SomeLength).HasColumnType("varbinary");

edited Feb 5, 2012 at 2:27

answered Feb 4, 2012 at 17:56

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esastincy Over a year ago

Will that create an Image column?

Ravi Gadag Over a year ago

@esastincy check uodated ans.

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