Question

How can I save a file in SQL Server 2008 database with Entity Framework?

I want to use FileStream in SQL Server 2008.

Answer 1

I don’t see why this wouldn’t work – filestream columns are just exposed as varbinary(MAX) so you should be able to set the column using Entity Framework:

Sample from here:

Files newFile = new Files();
newFile.FileID = Guid.NewGuid();
newFile.FileContents = System.IO.File.ReadAllBytes("TextFile1.txt");
ctx.AddObject("Files", newFile);
ctx.SaveChanges();