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getting Stream in and out of VarBinary(MAX) column? (SQL Server)

I have some data that I am serializing. I need to save and restore this from a VarBinary column using ADO.NET (also using Enterprise Library) under .Net 3.5 (not 4.0 yet).

The only interface I seem to be able to find and get working is by using a byte[]. This requires allocating a large array to do the transfer.

It seems impossible that ADO.NET doesn't support Streams for these columns. Or am I overlooking something?

Thanks

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