Help with writing out binary data in VB

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Help with writing out binary data in VB

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DaveBF
Yak Posting Veteran

89 Posts

Posted - 2014-10-08 : 09:07:29

I'm writing a function which reads a file and writes the data to out a column defined as varbinary(max).
I have this code to read the data.


            Dim buffer As Byte() = New Byte(CInt(len) - 1) {}
            fu.FileContent.Read(buffer, 0, buffer.Length)

That works fine.
Now I want to construct a SQL command.


dim cmd as String
cmd = "Update mytable set mycolumn = '"+buffer+"' where key=2"

I don't how to do the above. I tried buffer.tostring() but that wasn't right. Do I need a loop?
Thanks.

Bustaz Kool
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

1834 Posts

Posted - 2014-10-08 : 11:51:20

[code]"Update mytable set mycolumn = cast('"+buffer+"', as varbinary(max)) where key=2"[/code]Caveat emptor: Untested...

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