Store files in database using Entity Framework Core

Question

How to store files in a SQL Server database using Entity Framework Core (Code-First) in an ASP.NET Core app?

I have tried using Filestream but unfortunately

Answer 1

By Ef core, you can't store file in your database until now, so you can:

1. store the result of reading files as byte[] like this :

public byte[] Avatar { get; set; }

var avatar =  File.ReadAllBytes(filePath);

2.use your machine as a file server and store the path of your file in database :

public string Avatar { get; set; }

In my Opinion the second way is better and i always use this pattern but it depends on your machine's H.D.D and the amount of files you want to store.