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   From: arne@vajhoej.dk   
      
   On 31-07-2010 19:36, Joe Cool wrote:   
   > I am cross posting this request for help in both the C#,NET and the   
   > SQLServer newsgroups in he hope that some reader of one these   
   > newsgroups can offer some help.   
   >   
   > I am well aware that the image datatype (as well as others) are being   
   > phased out in some future version of SQL Server. For that reason, in   
   > all of my personal C#.NET projects that store images use the   
   > varbinary(max) datatype.   
   >   
   > I am in the process of converting a VB.NET project that I use for   
   > consulting work with a former (and hopefully soon to be repeat)   
   > employer tp C#.NET. When originally designed, their software was based   
   > on SQL7. Currently their software supports SQL2005. One key table in   
   > their database is a table of images and (not sure if it still does)   
   > but legacy databases utilize the image datatype to store images. With   
   > SQL7 I used a SQL command line utility called TEXTCOPY to extract the   
   > binary content of image columns to a JPG file.   
   >   
   > This utility needs to be able to extract these images to external   
   > files even for legacy databases that may still use the image datatype.   
   > But I find that the technique I use to extract images from a   
   > varbinary(max) column doesn't work for image datatypes. And I see that   
   > SQL2005, while it still supports image datatype, the TEXTCOPY utility   
   > is nowhere to be found.   
   >   
   > Any ideas on how to extract image data types from a SQL2005 database   
   > with C#.NET?   
      
   Have you tried the obvious: SqlConnection, SqlCommand, SELECT,   
   ExecuteReader, SqlDataReader og læse kolonnen som byte[] ?   
      
   Arne   
      
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