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

Question

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!

score 9 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 11 '10 at 16:21

Images are represented as binary in EF 4

You will need to do something like this

public Binary Thumbnail {get; set}

Then convert the image to binary

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 17 '11 at 04:11

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public System.Data.Linq.Binary Thumbnail {get; set}

For those wondering where the type Binary is located, also i belive you can use byte[]

answered Apr 17 '11 at 04:11

Daniel Little

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