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How can I add an Image type to an EF4 Code First Entity?

How can I add an Image type to an EF4 Code First Entity? I need to add a column for thumbnail images.

public Image Thumbnail { get; set; }

Thanks!

Solution

  • Images are represented as binary in EF 4

    http://thedatafarm.com/blog/data-access/sql-server-2008-data-types-and-entity-framework-4/

    You will need to do something like this

    public Binary Thumbnail {get; set}

    Then convert the image to binary

    This reference will help you with the image to binary conversion http://www.dotnetspider.com/resources/6150-Convert-Image-binary-format.aspx