filestream

How to copy from a database to a text file using VBScript?

I have an example in C# code, but it is using streamWriter. It must be involving with FileSystemObject rite. If yes, what are methods should I use? I want to code using VBScript WSH, and my database is MS SQL Server 2005. Any solution, references, or guide are helpful. using (StreamWriter tw = File.AppendText("c:\\INMS.txt")) { us...

CrystalReportSource binding

Hello I have a crystalReportViewer and CrystalReportSource on a web form. I need to be able to bind the reportSource at run time to different report files. I have the file data stored in a blob in a DB. The mechanism I am using now is to save the blob to a file and then this.CrystalReportSource1.Report.FileName = myFileName; The is...

Read from a growing file in C#?

Hi, In C#/.NET (on Windows) is there a way to read a "growing" file using a file stream? The length of the file will be very small when the filestream is opened, but the file will be being written to by another thread. If/when the filestream "catches up" to the other thread (i.e. when Read() returns 0 bytes read), I want to pause to all...

SQL Server FILESTREAM limitation.

I am looking at FILESTREAM attribute in SQL Server to store files in it. I understand it stores the files on hard drive and stores the file pointer/path information in DB. Also, maintains transactional consistency in the process. There also seems to be a limitation "FILESTREAM data can be stored only on local disk volumes" for the FILES...

FileStream with DeleteOnClose File option

In my project I have to create some temp files in an USB device, which I want to delete on Closing. So I used a code like this.fcommandHandler = new FileStream(TempFileName, FileMode.CreateNew, FileAccess.ReadWrite, FileShare.ReadWrite, 512, FileOptions.DeleteOnClose); It works fine. But the problem is I want to use one more FileOptio...

C# - How do I read and write a binary file?

How do I read a raw byte array from any file, and write that byte array back into a new file? ...

VB - How do I read and write a binary file?

How do I read a raw byte array from any file... Dim bytes() as Byte ..and then write that byte array back into a new file? I need it as a byte array to do some processing in between. I'm currently using: To read Dim fInfo As New FileInfo(dataPath) Dim numBytes As Long = fInfo.Length Dim fsAs New FileStream(dataPath, FileMode...

How to split file into chunks while still writing into it?

Hi, I tried to create byte array blocks from file whil the process was still using the file for writing. Actually I am storing video into file and I would like to create chunks from the same file while recording. The following method was supposed to read blocks of bytes from file: private byte[] getBytesFromFile(File file) throws IOEx...

How do I load text files into database that are greater than the 64 kb buffersize limit?

I'm trying to load text files (.aspx, .cs, html, etc) into a sql server 2008 database. I'm able to load all files that are less than 64 kb so far. I have two questions; How do I get around the 64 kb limit, and is the method I'm using the best way to do this? Thanks for the help. Database: file_length int, file_path varchar(250...

Why does BinaryWriter prepend gibberish to the start of a stream? How do you avoid it?

I'm debugging some issues with writing pieces of an object to a file and I've gotten down to the base case of just opening the file and writing "TEST" in it. I'm doing this by something like: static FileStream fs; static BinaryWriter w; fs = new FileStream(filename, FileMode.Create); w = new BinaryWriter(fs); w.Write("test"); w.Close...

Handling with temporary file stream

Say I want to define a TempFileStream class that creates a temporary file using Path.GetTempFileName() method. A temporary file must be deleted when TempFileStream's object is no longer needed, e.g. closed or disposed: class TempFileStream: FileStream { string m_TempFileName = Path.GetTempFileName(); public TempFileStream(FileMode f...

StreamReader to file?

I have an input stream wrapped in a System.IO.StreamReader... I wish to write the content of the stream to a file (i.e. StreamWriter). The length of the inputstream is unknown. Could be a few bytes and to gigabytes in length. How is this done the easiest that does not take up too much memory? ...

Write Outputstream in new window [ASP.NET]

How can I write an Outputstream in a new browser window? Currently, I have the code below. Obviously it opens the stream in the same window. I know I can write the Outputstream to a file and open it in a new window but that isn't an option. protected void openPDF(byte[] dados) { HttpContext contexto = HttpContext.Current; cont...

Why does this FileStream only return zeroes?

I've got a file (test.txt) which contains "1234567". However when I try to read it on C# using FileStream.Read, I get only 0s (seven zeroes in this case). Could anyone tell me why? I'm really lost here. Edit: Problem solved, wrong comparision operator. However now it's returning "49505152535455" Edit 2: Done. For the record, I had to o...

Piecemeal restore of database with filstream filegroups

Hi, I have tried taking the backup of database containing filestream and it works fine. I have tried restoring it on other server also and that works too. Now, i am facing a problem. Our database is big in size (approx. 320 GB) and it takes time to backup and restore it. Therefore, the client wants us to suggest some technique to redu...

FILESTREAM files being left behind after row deleted

I have successfully set up FILESTREAM on my SQL 2008 server; however I've noticed that even when I have deleted rows containing FILESTREAM data, the physical data file doesn't seem to get deleted. By the physical file, I mean the file in SQLServer's managed directory with a uniqueidentifer as the filename not the original file added to ...

System.Security.SecurityException when creating a new FileStream

I have a regular .NET application. In this case I have a part that's being imported by MEF. It imports fine, but at a certain point, I want to save a List of objects to a file. In this case it's just saving a list of high scores: class HighScores { static HighScores() { CheckTrust(); } [ImportingConstructor] ...

Sql Filestream Update problems

Hello, I have implemented the filestream feature of SQL Server 2008 in a VB.Net application. I can insert files, and then retrieve/view them just fine. However, I have huge problems trying to update a file. Eg. The user selects a file from the grid which I execute via process.start. If that file is a .txt file, the user may choose to e...

What are the implications for Async I/O (BeginWrite/BeginRead) with a chain of streams?

Suppose I have a chain of streams, that does Compression -> Encryption -> File I/O. In C#, using synchronous I/O, it would look something like this: int n=0; byte[] buffer= new byte[2048]; string inputFileName = "input.txt"; string outputFileName = inputFileName + ".compressed.encrypted"; using (FileStream inputFileStream...

Linq to Entities and SQL Server 2008 FileStream

Backend: SQL Server 2008 database with FileStream enabled Data Access: Linq to Entities I have thousands of pdf's that currently reside on a file server. I would like to move these pdf's off of the file server and into a SQL Server 2008 database so that I can manage them easier. As a proof of concept (ie - to ensure that the new FileS...