• From where do you have information that SQL 2014 would not support text/ntext/image? They certainly work in CTP1, and there is no information in Books Online, saying that they will be removed.

    And as much as I would love to see these ugly bastards go away, I don't think it will happen for a long time. While the types have been deprecated for a long time, Microsoft has not cleaned up their own act. For instance SQL Trace uses these types. And since SQL Trace itself is deprecated, they will not change SQL Trace, so as long SQL Trace is there, the old LOB types will be there.

    [font="Times New Roman"]Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, www.sommarskog.se[/font]