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I usually just store the files location in a regular varchar column. Just be sure to store the full path (the full UNC is of course preferable).
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I usually just store the files location in a regular varchar column. Just be sure to store the full path (the full UNC is of course preferable).

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Your VB program can then use the path's string value (eg. using the IO namespace...ie. IO.File.Open).
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Your VB program can then use the path's string value (eg. using the IO namespace...ie. IO.File.Open).

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I already know how to do this. This isn't related to my question.
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I already know how to do this. This isn't related to my question.

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Thanks David...that's more what I was looking for!
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Thanks David...that's more what I was looking for!

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I'm saving a PDF file in a SQL Server DB. The column in the Table is defined as varbinary(MAX). I was wondering if the PDF can be stored as an Image DataType? If so, which is more efficient to do? Is there a better way altogether?<br />
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If you could provide a code example in VB.Net, I would appreciate it!<br />
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Thanks!
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I'm saving a PDF file in a SQL Server DB. The column in the Table is defined as varbinary(MAX). I was wondering if the PDF can be stored as an Image DataType? If so, which is more efficient to do? Is there a better way altogether?

If you could provide a code example in VB.Net, I would appreciate it!

Thanks!

Storing a PDF File as an Image?

Visual Basic .NET (VB.NET) is an object-oriented programming language implemented on the .NET framework, but also supported on other platforms such as Mono and Silverlight. Microsoft launched VB.NET as the successor to the Visual Basic language. Though it is similar in syntax to  Visual Basic pre-2002, it is not the same technology,