CLR UDF returning Varbinary(MAX)

Question

Is it possible for a SQL CLR User-Defined Function to return the data type varbinary(MAX)?

In the documentation it mentions:

\"The input parameters and the type

Answer 1

If you define it as returning a SqlBytes data type, this should correctly map to varbinary(MAX) in SQL Server.

[SqlFunction]
public static SqlBytes Function1()
{
    return new SqlBytes(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("Hello world."));
}

Whilst you can also use the SqlBinary data type, if you deploy via Visual Studio, it will be mapped onto varbinary(8000) rather than varbinary(MAX).