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Asked: 2026-05-21T06:55:33+00:00

A Clarification, if I have a table that has the following fields…. ProductCategoryID, CategoryName,

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A Clarification, if I have a table that has the following fields….

ProductCategoryID, CategoryName, Image1, Image2, Image3, Image4 and Image5 have data types varbinary(MAX) and ImageMimeType has data type varchar(50). What would be the difference if I have two tables as the following…

(for simplicity sake)
Table One –
ProductCategoryID,
CategoryName

Table Two –
ProductCategoryID,
ImageID,
Image1,
Image2,
Image3,
Image4
Image5
ImageMimeType

I read somewhere images should be placed in separate table for performance & corruption prevention. Or it doesn’t matter? Is there pro’s & cons? I am using ASP.NET MVC3 C#, SQL SERVER 2008R2.

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  1. Editorial Team

    If the images are large, consider configuring your database to store files using Filestream. That may make a big difference. Having the image columns in different tables won’t matter then, because they’ll be stored in different a filegroup. That said, you should always normalize as you see fit. Some info on Filestream:

    http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc949109(v=sql.100).aspx
    http://www.aghausman.net/sql_server/configure-sql-server-2008-for-file-stream-2.html
    http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms144259.aspx

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