Varbinary(max) To Pdf In .net?
Oct 7, 2009I wanted code to convert the varbinry to pdf and save it on Clients machine.
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Read Varbinary To Open In Pdf?
Apr 3, 2010I am writing a small app that reads in a .pdf file using the below parser to a Varbinary(Max) column in a sql table[code]....
View 1 RepliesSql - Dealing With A Varbinary Field?
Jun 10, 2009A partner of ours is making a call to a web service that includes a parameter called token. Token is the result of an MD5 hash of two numbers, and helps us authenticate that the user using our partners system. Our partner asks the user for two strings, concatenates them, runs them through MD5, and then calls our web service. The result of the MD5 is the token, and it is submitted to us as a string.
We store valid tokens in a DB - since we use the SQL Server to compute the tokens on our end, SQL seemed to be happiest storing the tokens as a varbinary, which is its native result for an MD5 computation.
We have two pieces of code that attempt to do the same thing - run a select query that pulls out a value based on the token submitted. One uses a dynamic query (which is a problem), but it works. The other one attempts to do the same thing in a parameterized (safer) fashion, it does not work - it is unable to locate the token.
Here's the two competing attempts. First, the parameterized version which fails:
byteArrayToken = System.Text.UnicodeEncoding.Unicode.GetBytes(stringToken)
scSelectThing.CommandText = "select thing from tokenstable where token=@token"
Dim param As SqlParameter = scSelectThing.Parameters.Add("@token",
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Asp.net - Open Varbinary Word Doc As HTML?
Jan 25, 2011I have a problem which I have not been able to find an answer to in months. I store word doc resumes as varbinary(max). I can retrieve the resumes based on a full-text search no problem. But the resumes are retrieved as word documents in a .ashx file with the following code. I really need to implement hit highlighting on the site so that users can see if the returned resume is a good fit or not.
I don't think this can be done from an .ashx file, so I think I need to be able to open the resume as html in an aspx page and maybe use javascript to do the hit highlighting or perhaps return the text only content of the word document somehow and manipulate the text before display with html tags.
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Dealing With A Null In A Varbinary Field
Aug 3, 2009I'm trying to test a varbinary(max) field to see if it's null. I'm trying to figure out if it's a null or not in the select statement, hoping to avoid having to do this locally for every row of the returned dataset. This is the SQL I'm using,
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Tsql - Get The Duration Of T-SQL VARBINARY Audio In SQL Or .Net?
Nov 10, 2011I've found solutions to determine the length of an audio file using WMPLib.WindowsMediaPlayer (which seems quite ugly), by using a physical file path, but nothing to determine the duration of an audio file stored in a VARBINARY field (SQL Server 2008 R2).I'm using .Net WebForms. Maybe it'd be a better idea to do this client side with jQuery, but what if I only want to expose some controls to the web browser based off of the duration?
View 1 RepliesMS SQL Server, Indicating VARBINARY(MAX) Field's Datatype In .NET?
Oct 13, 2010I use a VARBINARY(MAX) column, because I have no idea what is going to be put into it. All I know is that as of this point in time, the data will be one of many traditional data types(Integer, String, DateTime, etc.)I also have another column that is meant to indicate the DataType so the .NET application can handle the data and validate input accordingly.Right now, for testing, I have a DataType table in my database that stores the "supported" datatypes for the VARBINARY column, and a foreign key linking to the column meant to indicate the DataType. This works perfectly, but it feels akward.
View 2 RepliesQuerying An Entity That Has A Varbinary Field With LINQ?
Jun 5, 2012When I try to query an entity that has a varbinary field in it I am getting error:"The LINQ expression node type 'ArrayIndex' is not supported in LINQ to Entities."
Here is my query:
Dim query = From entity In db.Entity
Where entity.Id= Id
Select entity.VarBinaryField
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The error gets generated when I check that the query isNot nothing.
SQL UPDATE Command With Varbinary (oldvalue = Dbnull)?
Jan 4, 2011I am using VISUAL BASIC 2010, SQL Server 2008. I need to update a Table with SQlDbType Varbinary. Just for sake of Murphy loving me I gave it Varbinary(100) - while max. field lenght is 20 Non Ascii Characters on the UI Side.User is changing data in a form, data gets encrypted (into a Byte Array) then sent to the BL of the program, the business logic talks to SQL Server and fields in the Table are updated nicely with new binary values.
A problem arises however with a field that is allowed NULL values in the data table. I can retrieve NULL values from the Database and assign them the "Nothing" value. (User Interface shows a nice blank field). Once the user however changes that empty field(containing "Nothing" as value) with any data then my cmdSql.ExecuteNonquery reports no changes. (rowsaffected = 0)
I strongly suspect that I am making a mistake in the parameters of the SQlCommand of the OldFullname value, but as I said I am staring myself blind. Please review my code below and tell me where I am making that mistake...
FYI: OldFullname can't be "Nothing", and its current field is SQL NULL. All fields (except UserId) are Varbinary. Update succeeds as long as OldFullname SQL field contains data - only not when it is NULL. I don't want to set a standard value on the column (NULL or such).
Public Function SaveToDatabase(ByVal OldUser As blProgramAccess.userEncrypted, ByVal NewUser As blProgramAccess.userEncrypted) As Boolean
Dim bSaved As Boolean[code]....