i have an application that generates some pdf files in a directory.
So for example in my application I have a folder called TestFolder that contains the following:
Testrecord1.pdf
Testrecord2.pdf
Testrecord3.pdf
I'm using sql server 2008.
Is it possible to store all those pdfs in into SQL Server?
What i mean is, is it even possible to store pdfs inside a sql server table?
If so what sql server data type is best to store those pdfs?
I mean if these were image files instead of pdfs I could store the images inside a table using image type for the data type. But I'm not sure about pdfs.
or
Is it better to just store the path to to each of these pdfs in a sql server table.
So for example in my application I have a folder called TestFolder that contains the following:
Testrecord1.pdf
Testrecord2.pdf
Testrecord3.pdf
I'm using sql server 2008.
Is it possible to store all those pdfs in into SQL Server?
What i mean is, is it even possible to store pdfs inside a sql server table?
If so what sql server data type is best to store those pdfs?
I mean if these were image files instead of pdfs I could store the images inside a table using image type for the data type. But I'm not sure about pdfs.
or
Is it better to just store the path to to each of these pdfs in a sql server table.
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