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Asked: 2026-06-09T09:27:34+00:00

I am using Linq to Sql to query a number of database tables. In

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I am using Linq to Sql to query a number of database tables. In these tables there are a good few uses of the Image data type.

When using the DBML designer I drag and drop my tables, and any fields that use the Image data type are mapped as System.Data.Linq.Binary when the classes are generated. However, I want these to be Byte[].

Currently, this is a manual process or changing the field type in the designer, and in all fairness is not that time consuming in the grand scale of things, but I would prefer if this was done automatically for me.

Is there a way that this can be done? Some sort of Linq to Sql setting?

The main annoyance for me is when I make changes to a table that I need to re-add, and then I have to change the fields back to byte[]

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  1. Editorial Team

    The T4 Toolbox has a template that generates linq-to-SQL classes from the DBML that is easily customized, including changing the default type mappings.

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