Need suggestion on image storing in SQL Server

Hi All,
  I want to store image into a column. I would like to know which datatype is the best to store image and which file format(bmp,jpg,png,...) is the best to store and to retrieve.We are using SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition.
  Waiting for valuable replies.
 Thanks and Regards
 Sridhar.R

That is right but the OP mentioned that he uses SQL Server 2005.... BTW IMAGE data type  is still presented in SQL Server 2012 :-)
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