I have a column in my table that is an Image (blob). The data stored
in this blob is basically pdf files. I need a query to determine the
total size of these blob's in the database. Here is what is
happening, if I run it as below I get 23736000 for a result.
select sum(datalength (cast(document AS binary(8000)))) from
plan_report
If I run it like this select sum(datalength (cast(document AS
varbinary(8000)))) from plan_report
I get 23736000 also as a result
If I run it like this select sum(datalength (cast(document AS
varbinary))) from plan_report
I get 89010 this as a result
If I run this: select datalength(document) from plan_report then I
get a result for each row and when I sum those rows I get 5584452854
this as a result.
I do not believe the first 3 queries are returning correct result sets
due to the limit on the fields (binary/varbinary) and since this is an
image field I cannot convert to anything else.....
I am out of ideas, and any help you can give me will be greatly
appreciated...
Does anyone have any experience of this type of data please? I have been asked to work on a project where it looks like we will be taking MS Office files and scanned images and storing them in a SQL 2000 db so that they can be aquired by a third party application. I am most intereested in the size of the records as the server may need upgrading, for space and performance. I am also interested in how a BLOB record is created, is it a particular save process from Word / Excel etc or can you specify to import as a BLOB from a SQL script?
Any info welcomed as i really dont know where to start !!!
How do I create a large column type in MSSQL similar to the Blob field in MySql. I trying to upload data to mssql but keep on receiving the error tat the columns buffer size is not big enough ?
I've tried using varchar with size 8000, but stil NOT working
I am trying to store binary datafiles into a SQl Express table. However I can not find the BLOB data type when I am designing the table. Are we limited to using that kind of data type in the Express edition? Thanks.
Hi! I tried to save some image data, but it get truncated at 8000 (the table column is defined as Image). I then wrote a converter to try ntext-datatype instead, but it gets truncated at 4000.
The code uses only ADO entity framework for database access. Is there a way to store binary data larger than 8000 bytes? I am running SQL Compact 3.5 sp 1 BETA.
Hi experts, I have a textbox and a upload file function in my asp.net page.User can either copy/paste their resume in text or upload their resume file and submit the application.The uploaded file will be saved into a BLOB column, but do you know if text in textbox can be saved into BLOB column? I received error message on the code:'save Applicant resume to a BLOB-image datatype column objComd.Parameters.Add(New SqlParameter("@AppResume", SqlDbType.NText)) error:Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation.Operand type clash:ntext is incompatible with image
I use this code to get Tiff files from db , but output file seems to be corrupted : Dim pubsConn As SqlConnection = New SqlConnection("Server=(local);uid=sa2;pwd=sony;database=pubs;") Dim logoCMD As SqlCommand = New SqlCommand("SELECT pub_id, logo FROM pub_info", pubsConn) Dim fs As FileStream ' Writes the BLOB to a file (*.bmp). Dim bw As BinaryWriter ' Streams the binary data to the FileStream object. Dim bufferSize As Integer = 100 ' The size of the BLOB buffer. Dim outbyte(bufferSize - 1) As Byte ' The BLOB byte() buffer to be filled by GetBytes. Dim retval As Long ' The bytes returned from GetBytes. Dim startIndex As Long = 0 ' The starting position in the BLOB output. Dim pub_id As String = "" ' The publisher id to use in the file name. ' Open the connection and read data into the DataReader. pubsConn.Open() Dim myReader As SqlDataReader = logoCMD.ExecuteReader(CommandBehavior.SequentialAccess) Do While myReader.Read() ' Get the publisher id, which must occur before getting the logo. pub_id = myReader.GetString(0) ' Create a file to hold the output. fs = New FileStream("\Server1shared1logo" & "KK" & ".tiff", FileMode.OpenOrCreate, FileAccess.Write) bw = New BinaryWriter(fs) ' Reset the starting byte for a new BLOB. startIndex = 0 ' Read bytes into outbyte() and retain the number of bytes returned. retval = myReader.GetBytes(1, startIndex, outbyte, 0, bufferSize) ' Continue reading and writing while there are bytes beyond the size of the buffer. Do While retval = bufferSize bw.Write(outbyte) bw.Flush() ' Reposition the start index to the end of the last buffer and fill the buffer. startIndex += bufferSize retval = myReader.GetBytes(1, startIndex, outbyte, 0, bufferSize) Loop ' Write the remaining buffer. bw.Write(outbyte, 0, retval - 1) bw.Flush() ' Close the output file. bw.Close() fs.Close() Loop ' Close the reader and the connection. myReader.Close() pubsConn.Close() Me.Div1.InnerHtml = ("<embed height=650 width=100% toolbar='' src= '" & "\Server1shared1logoKK.tiff" & "' type='application/x-alternatiff'>")
I have a table in one of my databases that stores files in one of its columns. I need to be able to export this BLOB column into either a CSV or Excel file. I am forbidden from using xp_Cmdshell so I was wondering if there was a way to do this in the Cmd prompt.
Hi, My package dumps the errors into a table. The problem is, it couldnt dump Error Output column to a varchar field. I have added an script component in between to transform to string but no success.
I tried ErrorOutput.GetBlobData(0, ErrorOutput.Length)
but when I query the database, it says "System.Byte[]'
I am having a problem with MMSQL BLOB with VB, Sorry to say I am new in Programming using VB 6 and MSSQL and I have never touch BLOB in my live.
I just wish anyone could give me any ideal, like, white pages, or manual on how do I insert BLOB data (Images) to MSSQL 2000 database using VB 6. I need to know exspecially the VB Code and the SQL Portion if you have a store procedure code for that it will be nice. :confused:
I am trying to use the Bulk Insert Task to load from a csv file. My final column is a bit that is nullable. My file is an ID column that is int, a date column that is mm/dd/yyy, then 20 columns that are real, and a final column that is bit. I've tried various combinations of codepage and datafiletype on my task component. When I have RAW with Char, I get the error included below. If I change to RAW/Native or codepage 1252, I don't have an issue with the bit; however, errors start generating on the ID and date columns.
I have tried various data type settings on my flat file connection, too. I have tried DT_BOOL and the integer datatypes. Nothing seems to work.
I hope someone can help me work through this.
Thanks in advance,
SK
SSIS package "Package3.dtsx" starting.
Error: 0xC002F304 at Bulk Insert Task, Bulk Insert Task: An error occurred with the following error message: "Cannot fetch a row from OLE DB provider "BULK" for linked server "(null)".The OLE DB provider "BULK" for linked server "(null)" reported an error. The provider did not give any information about the error.The bulk load failed. The column is too long in the data file for row 1, column 24. Verify that the field terminator and row terminator are specified correctly.Bulk load data conversion error (type mismatch or invalid character for the specified codepage) for row 1, column 23 (cancelled).".
Error: 0xC002F304 at Bulk Insert Task 1, Bulk Insert Task: An error occurred with the following error message: "Cannot fetch a row from OLE DB provider "BULK" for linked server "(null)".The OLE DB provider "BULK" for linked server "(null)" reported an error. The provider did not give any information about the error.The bulk load failed. The column is too long in the data file for row 1, column 24. Verify that the field terminator and row terminator are specified correctly.Bulk load data conversion error (type mismatch or invalid character for the specified codepage) for row 1, column 23 (cancelled).".
Task failed: Bulk Insert Task 1
Task failed: Bulk Insert Task
Warning: 0x80019002 at Package3: The Execution method succeeded, but the number of errors raised (2) reached the maximum allowed (1); resulting in failure. This occurs when the number of errors reaches the number specified in MaximumErrorCount. Change the MaximumErrorCount or fix the errors.
Hi All, i have a table in MS Access with CandidateId and Image column. Image column is in OLE object format. i need to move this to SQL server 2005 with CandidateId column with integer and candidate Image column to Image datatype. its very udgent, i need any tool to move this to SQL server 2005 or i need a code to move this table from MS Access to SQL server 2005 in C#. please do the needfull ASAP. waiting for your reply with regards
We are debating what is industry “best practice� for serving huge numbers of images in an industrial scale website. More directly, which approach produces the best performance and the best scalability? For example, how do sites like ebay, Amazon, and other large sites handle the millions or billions of images they must deal with?
Store as BLOB in sql server?
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We always assumed that the second approach is what most sites must do. But do they?
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Thanks in advance, Aldo.
I have tried the code below, but getting syntax error...
ALTER TABLE #CTE ALTER COLUMN [RowID Table Level] INT IDENTITY(1,1), [RowID Data Level] INT;
I have also tried:
ALTER TABLE #CTE MODIFY [RowID Table Level] INT IDENTITY(1,1), [RowID Data Level] INT;
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