title: How do I insert/retrieve Excel files to varbinary(max) column in SQL Server 2008?
body: <p>I'm trying to save Excel files into the database, I do not want to use filestream as it is required to have a server for that.</p>
  
  <p>So how do I insert/update/select into the table that has a column of type <code>varbinary(max)</code>?</p>