Storing text files in sql server

These applications expect the data to be accessible through Windows APIs. The applications have the following expectations:. Many years ago, SQL Server did not offer any variety of ways to store unstructured data in a relational database. But nowadays it does offer ways to store unstructured data. The FileTable feature enables enterprise customers to store unstructured file data, and directory hierarchies, in a SQL Server database. The feature addresses the requirements for non-transactional access and Windows application compatibility for file-based data.

Skip to main content. This browser is no longer supported. Download Microsoft Edge More info. Well said. It all depends on the use case of course, but filestream is frequently a good option. The research article you have quoted is from April Surely a lot of things have changed since then.

Show 1 more comment. The article is definitely worth a read. David David 70k 16 16 gold badges silver badges bronze badges. Fast read access is important. You are developing applications that use a middle tier for application logic. Tim Lehner Tim Lehner Sign up or log in Sign up using Google. Sign up using Facebook. Sign up using Email and Password. Post as a guest Name. Email Required, but never shown. The Overflow Blog. Podcast Helping communities build their own LTE networks.

Podcast Making Agile work for data science. After Selecting the text file, when you click on the "Open" button the system path of the text file is stored in the text box as shown in the following snapshot. Store Button Event After selecting the text file, when you click on the store file button, the text file contents will be stored into the database in the form of an array of bytes.

The Code behind for the store file event is shown below. ReadAllBytes txtFilePath. Text ;. Add exam ;. SaveChanges ;. Retrieve Button Event. When you click on the retrieve button, the text file contents is stored in the database in the form of an array of bytes, again encoded into text using the following code.

FirstOrDefault ;. GetString result ;. AppendText ss ;. The following snapshot shows the file contents in a rich text box. Summary In this article I have shown how to store a text file into a database in the form of an array of bytes and again retrieve the array of bytes into text form.

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