Image field in Trigger

Hi , i have a trigger that start on a record insert . . .This take de ID of the inserted record and start to fill other table in the database.In this triggher i have to update an image field of a table , getting the value from another table .I've casted this value in varbinary , but var binary can take only 8000 byte , and this fileis bigger than 8000 byte . . .How can i proced to solve the problem ?ThanksIf you are using SQL Server 2005 you can use the VARBINARY(MAX) type. if you are on a version prior to SQL Server 2k5 you can try to code your statement set based, eliminating the need for interim variables.

HTH, Jens K. Suessmeyer.

http://www.sqlserver2005.de|||Hi , i'm using Sql Server 2000 . . . How can i eliminate the need for interim variables ?I've tryed to do this :UPDATA table1 SET img1 = (SELECT img2 FROM table2 where ...) where ...But the message is that i can use image field in trigger ...|||Hi,

did you have a look on:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms189799.aspx

"In a DELETE, INSERT, or UPDATE trigger, SQL Server does not allow text, ntext, or image column references in the inserted and deleted tables if the compatibility level is set to 70. The text, ntext, and image values in the inserted and deleted tables cannot be accessed. To retrieve the new value in either an INSERT or UPDATE trigger, join the inserted table with the original update table. When the compatibility level is 65 or lower, null values are returned for inserted or deleted text, ntext, or image columns that allow null values; zero-length strings are returned if the columns are not nullable.

If the compatibility level is 80 or higher, SQL Server allows for the update of text, ntext, or image columns through the INSTEAD OF trigger on tables or views. "

HTH, Jens K. Suessmeyer.

http://www.sqlserver2005.de

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