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Asked: 2026-05-14T18:24:56+00:00

I am creating a desktop application that stores rich text documents to a SQL

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I am creating a desktop application that stores rich text documents to a SQL Compact database. Documents are converted to a byte array and stored as a Binary column, and I am running into SQL Compact’s 8K limit for Binary field length.

Is there a simple way to get around the 8K limit? I can come up with lots of complicated ways to do it, such as parsing into 8K chunks for storage and reassembling on fetch. But before I get into something that complex, I would like to make sure I can’t solve the problem more simply, such as by changing data type.

If there is no simple way of getting around the 8K limit, is thare a best practice for storing documents greater than 8K? Thanks for your help.

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  1. Editorial Team

    You’d use image data type, no?

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