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Extract byte [] from XElement with Linq to Xml

I am storing small images in Xml as byte [] using the following XElement construct.

XElement xe = new XElement("Images",
            from c in qry
            select new XElement("Image", new XAttribute("Date", c.Date),
              new XElement("Data", c.Bytes)));

The Bytes property is byte [], and looking at the resulting element, the contents of the array appear to have been stored just peachy.

My problem is I can't just read this. What is the best way to get this item? Typing in Byte [] seems to be invalid, would I really need to read this as a string? Figure out what encoding to use and convert? It seems to me that given that XElement understands how to write an array, it should read it as well.

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I would think about Base64 encoding a byte array. It should be pretty easy to encode / decode this from / to a byte array.



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It was very helpful, thanks. For coding example see:



http://www.nowan.hu/main.aspx?content=9cff1555-26ca-4e6a-910b-6a73463e22b2

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