Store uploaded document in database using Entity Framework (via MVC) - asp.net-mvc

Question

Does anyone have an example of how to store an uploaded document (whether Word or PDF, etc.) in a SQL Server 2008 DB using the Entity Framework?
I think I've figured out the file upload part (see code below) although I'm open to constructive comments.
I used to do a lot of document-storing in older DBs, and as SQL Server 2008 has new data types, can someone suggest which I should be using for my uploaded document (is it still Image)?
Furthermore, as you can see from my code, if I have the uploaded document as a byte array (or please suggest otherwise) how do I pass this to my entity?
Here's what I have so far:
[HttpPost]
public ActionResult Create(HttpPostedFileBase fileUpload)
{
if (fileUpload == null) return View();
if (fileUpload.ContentLength == 0) return View();
// not sure whether this is useful or the method below this
var reader = new StreamReader(fileUpload.InputStream);
foreach (string file in Request.Files)
{
var hpf = Request.Files[file] as HttpPostedFileBase;
if (hpf.ContentLength == 0) continue;
var savedFileName = Path.Combine(AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory, Path.GetFileName(hpf.FileName));
hpf.SaveAs(savedFileName);
var curFile = System.IO.File.Open(file, FileMode.Open);
var fileLength = curFile.Length;
var tempFile = new byte[fileLength];
curFile.Read(tempFile, 0, Convert.ToInt32(fileLength));
var jobFile = new JobFile
{
UploadDate = DateTime.Now,
UploadedBy = User.Identity.Name,
FileName = savedFileName,
ContentType = hpf.ContentType
};
jobFile.FileData =
_jobFileRepository.Save();
}
return RedirectToAction("Index");
}
Any help greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

Assuming you have FileData as type binary.
jobFile.FileData = tempFile.ToArray();