Hello,
What's the best way to store files of an arbitrary size in a SQL
Server / MSDE database? Some files will be text, but most should be
binary (images, audio, and video). I'd like to be able to store all
the files directly in the database so that backing everything up is a
single operation (I can do this, right?). Data retrieval speed is not
overly critical, as the code in question will be running on the same
machine as the database and will only have a single instance of the
client application. Any advice and/or hyperlinks to whitepapers on the
subject would be appreciated.
I need to store a few thousand images in a sql server database. I've managed to write the asp code to retrieve images that are already in the pubs database, but haven't been able to find a satisfactory way of inserting new pictures in the first place.
At the moment we're using Notes and its great 'cos you just cut and paste them in. But now we need to take them all out and put them into sql server it's proving to be a nightmare. Any clues anyone??
I just want to store pic.bmp file in server using image datatype but don't getting how to do that .. i want to know about both the actions storing and retrieving from the image data type.. like
create table amit ( im image, );
insert into values ()... select * form Amit will it work...
As part of a web site I allow users to store documents in SQL Server 2000 using an Image column on a table. After the file is saved the user can open the document through the browser. This works great for most file extensions such as ".XLS" or ".DOC" but fails when attempting to open ".MSG" files (saved outlook messages). XLS documents will open in Excel and DOC documents open in Word, but MSG documents open in Notepad and display what appears to be binary data. I'm trying to figure out if this is a SQL Server issue or some sort of ASP/ASP.NET webserver issue.
If I attempt to open an MSG file stored directly on the web server, the file opens correctly using the "Microsoft Outlook View Control", but when attempting to open the same file saved in SQL Server, it attempts to open in notepad.
This is my first time to create web site by using Visual web developer express 2005. I want to create company's activity member profile web page by use sql database. But I don't know how to create SQL DB and Table and I don't know code for connect to sql server, code for upload image files, data file, and code for displays images. So please tell me how to do it step by step. (I use VS web developer express 2005 with vb.net) Thank you
I need to write codes to access many image files and wave files and display them on the webpage. Both of these files are stored on the server (as many experts in this forum adviced) and their locations are in the SQL server database. About the wav files, I think I will have to convert them to MP3 first for fast delivery on internet. Since I am a newbie, any help would be appreciated. Thanks,
I have a table structure like this EmpID LastName FirstName Emp_Picture 100| x |T |<BINARY> 200| W |W |<BINARY> .. .. ETC This table has 935 rows in it with Emp_Picture Blank.
How to insert the jpeg files into the Emp_Picture Column?? Do we have run the update statement for each and every employee or is there a way to get around this problem..
What are the negatives, challenges and issues going to be if we choose to store 300-1000 GB worth of image, xml and PDF files (avg size 1 mb) in SQL server 2005 db.
I have a directory of files that I would like to upload with some datato a table so that I can store the files in the db. I'm not trying toparse files into rows, I want to stick the actual file in the column.Is there some kind of insert script, or bulk copy that I can use?I have about 150 docs and I would rather not go through the whole app,pick the file, upload it. etc.thx,M@
I did some quick Googling and didn't find the article of my dreams here. Any experience with storing files in the db in 2005? Any opinions?
Here's the deal. We have our new 'Enterprise' software being designed and written in St. Petersburg (not FL) and I'm reviewing the design for dealing with letters and forms that are generated as hard copy from our business (by the thousands per month) and sent to clients for review, signature etc. Then they are returned by fax or snail mail.
The current design has all of these being stored in image data type columns in the database--storing saved files of the actual outgoing stuff and saved files of the stuff that comes in (scanned copies or the files from our fax server).
This screams 'BAD IDEA' based on our experience doing this in SQL Server 2000. We get things like 23 page faxes from Dr's offices, large packets of FMLA forms returned, etc. In 2000 they tended to get rather large when stored in the DB and caused us all kinds of headaches when Microsoft changed how it recognized and displayed certain types of files, e.g. tiffs.
Further, the outgoing stuff is largely boilerplate with added fields from the db--name, address, a few dates. My proposed design for outbound notifications and forms was to keep only references to the template used, the date created, and an id to link it to the personal info of the schmoe to whom it was sent--essentially, store which document template and then just enough data to map to the variable content that is pulled from the db. Then you can recreate the file that was printed and mailed at any time in the future, but you don't actually save the .doc (or Word .xml) anywhere, not in the file system, not in the db.
The current developers feel this is way too much work to design--and it is certainly more effort than just generating .docs/.xml files via a merge with Word and then stuffing those into the database. They also argue that having them in the db makes them 'more secure' and more 'accessible' to users around the globe.
Does anyone know if the image storage is any better in 2005 than 2000? The .docs & .tifs we used to store just about tripled in size when we put them in the db in 2000. Plus there were the defrag issues and generally it was an unsatisfying experience.
Does anyone know what the advantages/disadvantages of generating Word .xml files might be? Can they be stored as xml data type in SQL Server? Perhaps this is a better option?
If anyone has the time to digest this, please send opinions.
I have been fighting with this all day. If you can point me in the right direction I'd appreiciate it. I need to load about 500 jpg files into a table. The table has 3 columns an "ID", "Filename" which has the filename of the jpg in it already, but not the unc path, and a ("Photo" Image Datatype)column which is not populated yet. I need to store the Image file in the photo field so that I can run reports in reporting services and so on and so forth. I am not sure how to complete this task.
I am using the 3-tiered architecture design (presentation, business laws, and data acess layers). I am stuck on how to send the image the user selects in the upload file control to the BLL and then to the DAL because the DAL does all the inserts into the database. I would like to be able to check the file type in the BLL to make sure the file being uploaded is indeed a picture. Is there a way I can send the location of the file to the BLL, check the filetype, then upload the file and have the DAL insert the image into the database? I have seen examples where people use streams to upload the file directly from their presentation layer, but I would like to keep everything seperated in the three classes if possible. I also wasn't sure what variable type the image would be in the function in the BLL that receive the image from the PL. If there are any examples or tips anyone can give me that would be appreciated.
Hi When images are uploaded and stored directly into a sql database as binary data (eg in the club starter kit) how can those images be accessed and displayed. When I open the images table in VWD and select display data, the cells holding the image data hold a <binary data> tag. What I want to be able to do is get at that data, or actually get at the image so that it is displayed. My reason is this, at the moment the only way to access the images in the sql database after they have been uploaded is to log into the website and view them as an administrator of the site. It would be much simpler if I could access the database directly and view the contents of the images table. Any ideas? Thanks
I want to be able to load and unload, byte-for-byte, a file to and from a field of data type IMAGE in a SQL Server CE database. The files are larger than 8000 bytes so IMAGE appears to be the way to go data type wise.
I'm using VB 2008 but pseudocode for any VS language would be awesome.
I was able to do this without much effort using ADODB and its stream object, fetching a recordset object and updating the appropriate data field one "chunk" of bytes at a time. I cannot for the life of me find a way of doing this using, for example, a SqlCeResultSet.
I've tried using ADODB to connect to a SqlCe SDF database file, using a connection string that I found online, and am able to write action and select queries successfully against the database... but when I try and return a recordset that is updatable, it returns an error. So no help there.
I've searched other threads in the forums, and online in general, and I've found information on loading/unloading graphic files using a memoryStream and the toArray method thereof, but this will not work as many of the files I want to load and unload as BLOBs are not graphical in nature. FileStreams do not implement the toArray method, so I can't just stream an arbitrary file's worth of bytes that way. I also do not want to change the original file in any fashion--e.g., a hash of the source file should be identical to the file after it has been loaded into the data field and then unloaded into a new file.
Hay Friend's Can u plese send me the way how to save image in sql server and display that images in datagrid or other control also like Image control or Image control Button?? Plese send the coding in C#. Thank's Amit
Ok, the problem is that , i have a field called "Attach" in sql of type image, when selecting it , the field is getting data of type BYTE(). which am being unable to display them on an Image on the panel.
using the following vb.net code:
'Dim sel2 As String
'Dim myCom As SqlCommand
'Dim conn As New SqlConnection
'Dim drr As SqlDataReader
'Dim image As System.Drawing.Image
'sel2 = "select * from attach where att_desc = '" & DropDownList1.SelectedItem().Text & "' and doc_code = " & w_doc_code & " and subcode = " & w_doc_subcode & " and doc_num= " & w_doc_num & " "
I've created a linked server (and set up the corresponding schema.ini file) in order to perform bulk-inserts from some CSV text files into SQL tables (from my standpoint the text files are just for reading purposes). The linked server works fine (I can select the data in the files without a problem).
Now the question: is possible to automatically detect when one or more of those files change in order to start the import process automatically? Something like having a trigger created on the CSV files Or there's no easy way to do that so I have, to say something, to create a Job that periodically checks if the files have changed programatically (say, recording each file's timestamp everytime is imported and comparing the recorded value with the current one, or whatever)?
I proposed on a new server that we separate Data Files, Log Files, tempDB, Backups, etc. onto separate LUNS on a SAN with High Speed Solid State Drives.I was told that with the new technology with solid state SAN's that it would decrease performance and that it did not work the same way as it did when you had RAID 5's etc.I thought that if things were cared out correctly by a SAN Administrator they would know how to configure for optimal performance.
It works remotely if I run it via command prompt. But when I add this to a TSQL job on my remote SQL instance, it runs without deleting anything. What I'm missing?
I have learned lots of informative thing from your forums. I have little problem regarding “Display image from SQL Server on ASP.NET� I have done it and image display on my page from SQL Server. I have cleared you here I have adopt two different methods which are following for displaying picture.
but in both above methods I have faced little problem when image display on my page all other information can not display and I also want to display picture on my specific location on the page. My second question is can use any web control like “Image1� to display image from SQL Server where my pictures are stored.
hi,i have inserted the image present in mydocuments using alter commandcreate table aa(a int, d image)insert into aa values (1,'F:prudhviaba 002.jpg')when i doselect * from aai am getting the result in the column d as0x463A5C707275646876695C70727564687669203030322E6A 7067how i can i view the image?pls clarify my doubtsatish
In my asp.net application I have a local report with an image control in thedetail row of the table and the Value attribute set as="File://" & Fields!FQPhotoFileName.ValueThe first row in the table always shows the wrong image and it's always thesame wrong image. The problem is there even when I change the sort order orthe criteria for the underlying dataset. For example, I ran a small testthat populated the dataset with 2 rows and 2 images. When I sort by anycolumn (e.g. ID) in ascending ascending order the ID=1 row (the 1st row)shows the wrong image and the ID=2 row shows the correct image. When I rerunthe report sorting in descending order the ID=2 row (which is now the 1strow) shows the wrong image and the ID=1 shows the correct image.Any suggestions?
Hi, I have a website and i am uploading the gif image to the database. i have used varchar(500) as the datatype and i am saving the file in the webserver so the path to it c:intepub....a.gif
my upload table has the folliwing feilds UploadId Int Identity, Description, FileName, DiskPath varchar(500), weblocation varchar(500). I have a main sproc for the report where i am doing a inner join with other table to get the path of the gif..
So my question is how can i get a picture to show up on the report. . What kinda datatype the gif file should be stored in the database? If it is stored as a varchar how can i access it and what is best way to reference that particular.
I have inherited a VS 2005 database with a table that has a column of type IMAGE. I need to change the image for one of the rows in the table. I have the new image in a *.PNG file on my C: drive. What is the correct method for inserting this file into the IMAGE column.
I am manually replicating parts of a SQL Server CE database (running windows mobile 5.0) to a centralized SQL Server 2000 database.
My program is throwing an exception whenever I try to insert an image data type into the 2000 server from the PDA. I am using parameterized queries.
Error is as follows: [error] System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection.OnError() at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlInternalConnection.OnError() at System.Data.SqlClient.TdsParser.ThrowExceptionAndWarning() at System.Data.SqlClient.TdsParser.Run() at System.Data.SqlClient.ExecuteReader() at System.Data.SqlClient.ExecuteNonQuery() at PDASync.Database.ExecuteIDRemote() [/error]
The code for my ExecuteIDRemote method works fine for other queries. It also works if I remove the image column from the offending query.
Hello and thanks for taking a moment. I am trying to retrieve and display an image that is stored in SQL Server 2000. My aspx code is as follows:<HTML> <HEAD> <title>photoitem</title> <meta name="GENERATOR" Content="Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 7.1"> <meta name="CODE_LANGUAGE" Content="C#"> <meta name="vs_defaultClientScript" content="JavaScript"> <meta name="vs_targetSchema" content="http://schemas.microsoft.com/intellisense/ie5"> </HEAD> <body MS_POSITIONING="GridLayout"> <form id="Form1" method="post" runat="server"> <asp:DataGrid id="DataGrid3" HorizontalAlign='Left' runat="server" AutoGenerateColumns="true" Visible="True"> <Columns> <asp:TemplateColumn HeaderText="Image"> <ItemTemplate> <asp:Image Width="150" Height="125" ImageUrl='<%# FormatURL(DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "InventoryItemPhoto")) %>' Runat=server /> </ItemTemplate> </asp:TemplateColumn> </Columns> </asp:DataGrid> </form> </body></HTML>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------My code behind file is below VS 2003 does not like my datareader. It says the following: 'System.Data.SqlClient.SqlDataReader' does not contain a definition for 'Items'If there are any suggestions as to what I am doing wrong I would appreciate the input. - Jasonusing System;using System.Collections;using System.ComponentModel;using System.Data;using System.Drawing;using System.Web;using System.Web.SessionState;using System.Web.UI;using System.Web.UI.WebControls;using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls;using System.Data.SqlClient;using System.Text;namespace ActionLinkAdHoc{ /// <summary> /// Summary description for photoitem. /// </summary> public class photoitem : System.Web.UI.Page { string connStr = System.Configuration.ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings["ConnectionString"]; protected System.Web.UI.WebControls.DataGrid DataGrid3; private void Page_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e) { // Get the querystring ID string item =Request.QueryString["ID"]; int ID=Convert.ToInt32(item); SqlConnection dbConn5 = new SqlConnection(connStr); SqlCommand sqlCom5 =new SqlCommand("sp4TWRetrieveItemPhotos"); sqlCom5.Connection = dbConn5; sqlCom5.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure; sqlCom5.Parameters.Add("@ID", SqlDbType.Int); sqlCom5.Parameters["@ID"].Value =ID; dbConn5.Open(); SqlDataReader myDataReader; myDataReader = sqlCom5.ExecuteReader(CommandBehavior.CloseConnection); DataGrid3.DataSource = sqlCom5.ExecuteReader(); DataGrid3.DataBind(); while(myDataReader.Read()) { Response.ContentType = myDataReader.Items("JPEG"); Response.BinaryWrite(myDataReader.Items("InventoryItemPhoto")); } dbConn5.Close(); } #region Web Form Designer generated code override protected void OnInit(EventArgs e) { // // CODEGEN: This call is required by the ASP.NET Web Form Designer. // InitializeComponent(); base.OnInit(e); } /// <summary> /// Required method for Designer support - do not modify /// the contents of this method with the code editor. /// </summary> private void InitializeComponent() { this.Load += new System.EventHandler(this.Page_Load); } #endregion }}
Hello and thanks for taking a moment. I am trying to retrieve and display an image that is stored in SQL Server 2000. My aspx code is as follows:<HTML> <HEAD> <title>photoitem</title> <meta name="GENERATOR" Content="Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 7.1"> <meta name="CODE_LANGUAGE" Content="C#"> <meta name="vs_defaultClientScript" content="JavaScript"> <meta name="vs_targetSchema" content="http://schemas.microsoft.com/intellisense/ie5"> </HEAD> <body MS_POSITIONING="GridLayout"> <form id="Form1" method="post" runat="server"> <asp:DataGrid id="DataGrid3" HorizontalAlign='Left' runat="server" AutoGenerateColumns="true" Visible="True"> <Columns> <asp:TemplateColumn HeaderText="Image"> <ItemTemplate> <asp:Image Width="150" Height="125" ImageUrl='<%# FormatURL(DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "InventoryItemPhoto")) %>' Runat=server /> </ItemTemplate> </asp:TemplateColumn> </Columns> </asp:DataGrid> </form> </body></HTML>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------My code behind file is below VS 2003 does not like my datareader. It says the following: 'System.Data.SqlClient.SqlDataReader' does not contain a definition for 'Items'If there are any suggestions as to what I am doing wrong I would appreciate the input. - Jasonusing System;using System.Collections;using System.ComponentModel;using System.Data;using System.Drawing;using System.Web;using System.Web.SessionState;using System.Web.UI;using System.Web.UI.WebControls;using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls;using System.Data.SqlClient;using System.Text;namespace ActionLinkAdHoc{ /// <summary> /// Summary description for photoitem. /// </summary> public class photoitem : System.Web.UI.Page { string connStr = System.Configuration.ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings["ConnectionString"]; protected System.Web.UI.WebControls.DataGrid DataGrid3; private void Page_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e) { // Get the querystring ID string item =Request.QueryString["ID"]; int ID=Convert.ToInt32(item); SqlConnection dbConn5 = new SqlConnection(connStr); SqlCommand sqlCom5 =new SqlCommand("sp4TWRetrieveItemPhotos"); sqlCom5.Connection = dbConn5; sqlCom5.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure; sqlCom5.Parameters.Add("@ID", SqlDbType.Int); sqlCom5.Parameters["@ID"].Value =ID; dbConn5.Open(); SqlDataReader myDataReader; myDataReader = sqlCom5.ExecuteReader(CommandBehavior.CloseConnection); DataGrid3.DataSource = sqlCom5.ExecuteReader(); DataGrid3.DataBind(); while(myDataReader.Read()) { Response.ContentType = myDataReader.Items("JPEG"); Response.BinaryWrite(myDataReader.Items("InventoryItemPhoto")); } dbConn5.Close(); } #region Web Form Designer generated code override protected void OnInit(EventArgs e) { // // CODEGEN: This call is required by the ASP.NET Web Form Designer. // InitializeComponent(); base.OnInit(e); } /// <summary> /// Required method for Designer support - do not modify /// the contents of this method with the code editor. /// </summary> private void InitializeComponent() { this.Load += new System.EventHandler(this.Page_Load); } #endregion }}
Hi all, I have a field in the SQL Server database, with 'Image' ad field type. How can I add a jpeg fiel to it so that I can view it and also access it through a program? Thanks Tomy
