Storing Documents (.doc .xls .pdf .jpg Etc) In A Database Column
Jul 31, 2007Does anybody know how to store objects like files in a database column/
I am familiar with MSAccess (use BLOB) and Oracle (use varchar200?
Raymond
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Storing Documents And Images - In The Database Or As A Link?
Jul 20, 2005Hi There,Being quite new to MS-SQL I would like to ask if there is a general opinionof what approach should be taken to storing things like external documentsand images in databases.Should the actual files be stored within the database, or instead shouldlinks to the files on a file server or something similar be stored instead.For the end user I imagine it is easier to have everything stored within thedatabase, because doing it the other way in effect gives another level ofmanagement because there is the need to perhaps manually look after the fileserver with all the image files or document files on.In my particular case, I am building a database where the users use a greatmany Word documents. For example, I particular record might have a number ofdifferent Word documents associated with it.I was going to create a "Documents" table that all documents were stored in(including meta data about each document because it will be really useful tobe able to search for documents so that they can be reused).In this table I was in a dilemma as to whether to actually store thedocuments in the table. Other then the performance hit and memoryrequirements this will require, are there any other disadvantages?What are the general thoughts when a database needs to manage a lot of pdfand word documents?Thanks in advance.Dave.
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Oct 22, 1999I need a help with respect to the storage of documents in SQL server. Is it possible to store Word documents in SQL Server straight away ? If yes, what is the data type that is supported for this kind of storage.
How do I read the data , store it & render it ( using both ado & Just TSQL)
Thanks,
Meera
Storing Large Formatted Documents
Jun 8, 2006I am developing a resume storage system, and don't know the best way to store the resumes that come in to our company in both MS Word and text files. Should I store the files in the original format they come in, and reference the file name in the databse that points to a directory where they are stored, or should I store the text of the resumes directy in the database. There are 2 things that I must follow.
1: I need to have the documents keep their formatting.
2: I also need the capibility of conducting a full text search to pull out key words from the documents.
What is the best way?
Urgent: Storing MS-Word Documents In Sql Server
Oct 17, 2004Hi,
I have developed a Job Registration page, in which, the resume attached will be stored in the database in an image data-type field. Now, the client program includes migration of the database into local server and process the resumes.
After migration to the local database, if the client wants to process the resume and save directly to the database again, is it possible? This a very urgent requirement. Currently, i am separating the resume from the database and storing in a folder with the ID as the file name. But i want to convert it to a distributed application, which needs the resume to be in the database itself.
Can anybody suggest me the method to open .doc file from the database, process it and save directly to the database?
Thanks and regards,
mrc
Storing Unsaved Word Documents As BLOBs
Jul 20, 2005Hi folks,I want to be able to store and retrieve UNSAVED Word documents as BLOBs. Igot all the info for storing them if they're already saved on the filesystem. But what if they're not already saved? I could save them to a tempfile first and then make it a blob, but I'd rather not put them on the filesystem at all. I could use Document.Contents to get the Range object for thewhole doc and then BLOB that, but I'm not sure that would be quite the sameas a .doc file, maybe things like Styles and the like would be missing.TIA!Dave
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Jan 26, 2007Excel 2007 Documents Not Displayed in Windows XP Professional sp2
Start Menu's Recent Documents List:
Dear Microsoft Support:
I can't figure out how to get recently used Excel 2007 (new file formats) documents to show up in the Windows XP Professional (sp2) Start Menu's Recent Documents List. I checked the Internet, the knowledgebase, many parts of the MS web site, etc. for an answer but can't find one.
Are Excel 2007 documents supposed to show up in the XP Start Menu's Recent Document List? Is this a bug or do I have to do some sort of configuration to make it do so? If it's a bug, when will a fix be available?
Are these new Excel 2007 files filtered out like EXE files are which will not appear in the Recent Document List?
The Excel 2007 file types are listed in the Registry.
This question is also posted on Experts-Exchange...No solutions yet.
Thanks.
Jim.
Which Is Better? Storing Data In The Database OR Storing It In The File System
Dec 29, 2006Hello there,I just want to ask if storing data in dbase is much better than storing it in the file system? Because for one, i am currenlty developing my thesis which uploads a blob.doc file to a web server (currently i'm using the localhost of ASP.NET) then retrieves it from the local hostAlso i want to know if im right at this, the localhost of ASP.NET is the same as the one of a natural web server on the net? Because i'm just thinking of uploading and downloading the files from a web server. Although our thesis defense didn't require us to really upload it on the net, we were advised to use a localhost on our PC's. I'll be just using my local server Is it ok to just use a web server for storing files than a database?
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Jan 31, 2007Hello,I need to create a database to hold documents information.1. Basically, I need the following information for each document: Title, Description, LastUpdated, Category, Type, Url Should I create tables for Category and Type? And link them to my documents table? What type of relationship should I use?2. I also need to know how many downloads each document had Should I add a column in my documents table? Then I would increase it one by one. Or should I create a new table which would register each download.3. I need to let users to rate each document from 1 to 5. How should I implement this?Thank You Very Much,Miguel
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Sep 9, 2015I just have a question regarding storing values to a column in ms sql 2008.
Why is it that the value I inserted at the column is truncated when selected in a query.
The column for this is created to accept max. values.
-> Message VARCHAR(MAX) NULL
The string which I need to insert is a combination of characters with a length of 14,720.
According to some forums, the max value that a column can hold is 8000 chars. only (Is this true? even though I set it to MAX?)
How To Declare Sql Column For Storing Text?
May 5, 2005Hi Everyone,
I have a simple webform with a text box with multiline enabled and a submit button, in vb.net. Inside the text box, when you are typing text with let's say adding carriage returns, spaces etc. How to i save the text to a database? By that, i mean, how to i declare the column in my database, varchar, text ...?
Also, when retrieving the saved text back to the textbox, will it keep the formatting because that's what i am trying to do? Or, what is the best way to keep text formatting in a database?
Thanks for the help,
Kevin
Storing Russian Characters In A Column?
Nov 24, 2007I was wondering does anybody have advice for storing Russian in a column in either 2000 or 2005.
Example:
create table Russian
(
Word varchar(100),
Meaning varchar(500),
Russian varchar(500) COLLATE Cyrillic_General_CI_AS_KS not null,
English varchar(1000)
)
insert into Russian
(
Word,
Meaning,
Russian,
English
)
values
(
'Thank You',
'Thank you',
'Ñ?паÑ?бо',
'spice e ba'
)
What I get is
Thank You Thank you ?????? spice E bo
How can I store 'Ñ?паÑ?бо' and get this value to display, and not ??????
Storing A Carriage Return Or VbCrLf In An NVARCHAR Column
Sep 7, 2007Is it possible to store a carriage return value or VbCrLf in an NVARCHAR column ?
I need to display a textbox in Reporting Services using one row, but showing multiple lines as a result of a few carriage returns.
Designing A Database Within A Database... Design Question Storing Data...
Jul 23, 2005I have a system that basically stores a database within a database (I'msure lots have you have done this before in some form or another).At the end of the day, I'm storing the actual data generically in acolumn of type nvarchar(4000), but I want to add support for unlimitedtext. I want to do this in a smart fashion. Right now I am leaningtowards putting 2 nullable Value fields:ValueLong ntext nullableValueShort nvarchar(4000) nullableand dynamically storing the info in one or the other depending on thesize. ASP.NET does this exact very thing in it's Session State model;look at the ASPStateTempSessions table. This table has both aSessionItemShort of type varbinary (7000) and a SessionItemLong of typeImage.My question is, is it better to user varbinary (7000) and Image? I'mthinking maybe I should go down this path, simply because ASP.NET does,but I don't really know why. Does anyone know what would be the benifitof using varbinary and Image datatypes? If it's just to allow saving ofbinary data, then I don't really need that right now (and I don't thinkASP.NET does either). Are there any other reasons?thanks,dave
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Jun 4, 2006I just read something interesting here: http://www.informit.com/library/content.asp?b=STY_Sql_Server_7&seqNum=101
A column type that helds an expression, and in queries returns the results.
That sounds excelent in my database, to save some code in my client applications. E.g adding price totals, and taxes of an order.
I can't find any info about this in later versions of SQL server. Is this not possible anymore?
Storing Comma Separated Values In A Single Column Of A Table
Jul 13, 2007Hi,
I have a table called geofence. It has a primary key geofence_id. Each geofence consists of a set of latitudes and latitudes.
So I defined two columns latitude and longitude and their type is varchar. I want to store all latitude/longitude values as a comma separated values in latitude/longitude columns
So in general how do people implement these types of requirements in relational databases?
--Subba
Integration Services :: Storing Column Value In SSIS Variable When Skipping Header Row?
Apr 28, 2015I have a file with a header row which contains the date of the file and under that all the columns without a header.
In SSIS package I skip row and manually name the different columns.
However, I want to use the column in the header row to store the date value in an SSIS variable and use that variable to write it to our staging table. How can I do this when I skip the header row?
Storing XML In Database
Jul 20, 2012best way to store questionnaire data in a database.Since different questionnairs have different questions and formats i.e dropdown, radio, checkboxes etc building such a database model becomes highly complex.
I've read that if data schema is complex and higly variable it may be better to use an xml document and store that in a databse. However I dont quite understand how you store xml to a database. Do you simply store the entire structure in something like a nvarchar column or is there some other way to store xml to a database.
If you store the entire structure to the databse then how do you query the content to generate reports.
example xml:
Code:
<survey>
<meta>
<id>sample</id>
</meta>
<questions>
<question id="1" type="singlechoice" page="1">
[code]...
Storing History In Database
Nov 25, 2003Does anyone currently do this. I want to store an audit history for changes made in the database through our web application.
I would like some kind of history table structure. I would be interested to see if anyone else has done this and what your structure looks like.
ScAndal
Storing Hh:mm:ss In Database Which Datatype?
Jan 13, 2004I have a bit of a dilema, that maybe someone can give a reccomendation on. I have a vb app that will calculate a duration that a process runs in hours:minutes:seconds. My question is should I store this in the database as a date/time field or calculate total seconds and store it as an integer field? I will be using this field for basic summing calculations in the future. Thanks for any help.
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Feb 24, 2004Hello-
Im currently storing an account id in a sql table. Is there any column data type that would presere the numbers but make it appear as a series of letters and nmumbers when someone looks at the database table?
If not can someone give me a strategy
thx
Storing Files In Database
Dec 22, 2000Hi,
can we keep a file like word file or html file in the sql server database?
if yes, then can we search any thing in these stored file?
regards
mihir
Storing Image In Database
Dec 15, 2004How do you store an image in a database? I know this is not the preferred method for storing images but would like to know anyways…thanks.
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Sep 22, 2004hello ... i have a project this semester and i had to study is storing images in a database ( using Microsoft Access ) is good or bad ? so any one could tell me the advantages and the disadvantages please ...
thanks
bye
Storing Images In A Database
Oct 6, 2005An odd question from me, I know, but this time, I assure you a twist.
I have a group that wants to store images in either a database or a file share, in order to make a certain website able to run on a load balanced web farm. These images are around 1KB each in size, and have a lifespan of exactly one use (think of graphs). I went a-googling, and found no shortage of articles that say "don't do it, but here's how you can do it", but I did not find any real hard statements as to why to not do it. Needless to say, this is hurting the case for not putting these images in the database. I have found an article that says images over 8KB will have worse performance, but I can not use that factoid here. For the moment, I have the developers leaning toward the fileshare, because they will be writing transaction logs all day, which will be more work than the fileshare needs to do....I think. The best I can do, is cut the text/image datatype overhead, and have them create the table as varbinary(2000), but even then, I don't like the look of the idea.
Anyone out there have good articles/whitepapers that detail the differences between writing single-use images to a fileshare vs. a SQL database? <baiting=blatant>Failing that, do any of the Microsoft development team have an opinion?</baiting>
Alternatively, what is the general opinion of keeping session state information in a database (because I bet that will be my next battle). I see .NET includes a session state server, but not being a programmer, I can not create an opbjective test.
Storing Pictures In Database
Sep 13, 2007Hy, could someone help me in this:In design mode, i want to put pictures in database. I made column namedpics, and its type as image. How can I put pictures or some address of thesepictures in that column, or i maybe need to put pictures in Add_Data folderand make reference from there, or what I need to do?could someone explain me that process of putting at least one picture indatabase, I'm using Microsoft SQL Server 2005thanks everyone
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Jul 20, 2005hi,I would like to store windows passwords and usernames in database.Please tell me where to start?What database can I use?Can I use free microsoft database?ThanksBart
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Apr 10, 2008
Hey I currently have a foreach loop container working which scans a folder, loops through the files in this folder and then moves them to a new folder.
At the same time I also do an SQL insert into a table logging the details of the transfer.
What I would like to do next is to store the actual PDF in binary in my DB (varbinary format). How would I go about this ?
Storing SMS To My SQL Database..help Guys!!!
May 8, 2007i use a teltonika t-modem gsm modem..
it's quite new actually and it is connected to my PC thru a usb port..
my problem now is that
i can,t seem to get the hang in storing received messages in
my SQL database..
the code goes like this..
a receive button is clicked to generate an instance
where all SMS sent to my sim card would then be accessed by my gsm modem..
private void btnReceive_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
ListViewItem Component;
Cursor c = Cursor.Current;
Cursor.Current = Cursors.WaitCursor;
listView1.Items.Clear();
btnReceive.Enabled = false;
objGsmIn.Device = cmbDevice.SelectedItem.ToString();
objGsmIn.LogFile = txtLogging.Text;
if (cmbDeviceSpeed.SelectedIndex == 0)
{
objGsmIn.DeviceSpeed = 0;
}
else
{
objGsmIn.DeviceSpeed = System.Int32.Parse(cmbDeviceSpeed.Text);
}
objGsmIn.Storage = fMsgStore.MsgStorage;
if (fMsgStore.DelMsg == true)
{//deletes your message after receiving
objGsmIn.DeleteAfterReceive = 1;
}
objGsmIn.Receive(); //this checks your new incoming messages
if (objGsmIn.LastError == 0)
{
objGsmIn.GetFirstMessage();
while (objGsmIn.LastError == 0)
{
//continously receive all messages..
Component = listView1.Items.Add(objGsmIn.MessageSender);
Component.SubItems.Add(objGsmIn.MessageData);
objGsmIn.GetNextMessage();
}
txtResults.Text = "Messages Successfully Received..";
}
else
{
//error in message receiving process..
txtResults.Text = "Error " + objGsmIn.LastError + "(" + objGsmIn.GetErrorDescription(objGsmIn.LastError) + ")";
}
btnReceive.Enabled = true;
Cursor.Current = c;
}
now my problem is that i cant figure out where i would place my stored procedure
in storing those messages to my database..
the problem is that..
if i place my stored procedure on the 1st "IF" statement..
it will only save my 1st incoming message..
but another thing is that if i put it under my "WHILE" statement..
dont you think that it will continiously loop?
meaning to say that the next tym i tried to access all my received messages
it would definitely store all the previously read messages again to my database..
which then creates multiple copies of my previously stored messages again and again
well i hope you get the gist of what i mean..
its quite complicated to explain..
but then again thanks a lot for taking notice on my post regarding this..
thanks!!^_^
another thing..i used the active xperts c# application in order to
create this application..
Storing The Big File In SQL Database
Nov 5, 2007How can I store the big files in the SQL Database, like MP3 files or an image or an video file?
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Mar 5, 2008
Can I know answer of this question ? in detail explanation.
Storing The Image Urls In Database
Mar 29, 2007hi friends,
i want to show images in repeater control dynamically.
i want to store the image url in database
like i have stored the images on onefolder c:images this will contain images
how can i store and use the urls in database
or atleast how can i show the images from the folder dynamically
please help me out
Storing Checkbox Values To Database
Mar 19, 2008Hi i am trying to store the checkbox values on my page to the database, but im stuck on what to do. I have the following code already;protected void Btn_Subscribe_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{SqlConnection conn = new SqlConnection(ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["streamConnectionString"].ConnectionString);
string strSQL = "INSERT INTO Newsletter(emailAddress) VALUES (@emailAddress)";SqlCommand Command = new SqlCommand(strSQL, conn);
Command.Parameters.Add("@emailAddress", SqlDbType.VarChar);Command.Parameters["@emailAddress"].Value = txtEmail.Text;
conn.Open();
Command.ExecuteNonQuery();
conn.Close();
}
How do i now insert the values from my checkbox, this is how i am setting the checkbox;public void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{ArrayList values;if(!IsPostBack)
{
//Build array of data to bind to checkboxlistvalues = new ArrayList();
values.Add("Sport");values.Add("Gardening");values.Add("technology");
AlertList.DataSource = values;
AlertList.DataBind();
}
If i am going about it the wrong way please let me know, thanks