SELECT '0x' + CONVERT(VARCHAR(MAX), YourImageColumn, 2) FROM YourTable WHERE ID = 1

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When you run this query, your result will look like a massive block of text. It might start with 0x (a prefix indicating hexadecimal) or just the raw characters.

: Use a script to iterate through rows and save them as files, which avoids the 65KB truncation limit often found when manually copying from SQL Management Studio .