New-BinaryColumn

Creates a column object representing an Binary datatype.

Syntax

New-BinaryColumn [-Name] <String> [-Size] <Int32> [-Sparse] [-Default <String>] [-Description <String>] [<CommonParameters>]

New-BinaryColumn [-Name] <String> [-Size] <Int32> -NotNull [-Default <String>] [-Description <String>] [<CommonParameters>]

Use this function in the Column script block for Add-Table:

Add-Table 'Images' {
    Binary 'Bits' 256
}

Name	Type	Description	Required?	Pipeline Input	Default Value
Name	String	The column's name.	true	false
Size	Int32	The number of bytes the column will hold.	true	false	0
NotNull	SwitchParameter	Don't allow `NULL` values in this column.	true	false	False
Sparse	SwitchParameter	Store nulls as Sparse.	false	false	False
Default	String	A SQL Server expression for the column's default value	false	false
Description	String	A description of the column.	false	false

Add-Table 'Images' { Binary 'Bytes' 256 }

Demonstrates how to create an optional binary column with a maximum length of 256 bytes.

Add-Table 'Images' { Binary 'Bytes' 256 -NotNull }

Demonstrates how to create a required binary column with maximum length of 256 bytes.

Add-Table 'Images' { Binary 'Bytes' -Max }

Demonstrates how to create an optional binary column with the maximum length (2^31 -1 bytes).

Add-Table 'Images' { Binary 'Bytes' -Max -FileStream }

Demonstrates now to create an optional binary column with the maximum length, and stores the data in a filestream data container.