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jagadish_sds

Posted Sunday, June 08, 2008 6:05 PM

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I am getting Source as XML (more than 5MB size) and It has to compress and store it in DataBase and while getting back from the database, it has to decompress and return the XML data.

Is there any functions available in sql server2005? OR Can I do it in code behind (C#) itself?

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David McKinney

Posted Monday, June 09, 2008 1:12 AM

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You should get a certain amount of compression if you use a typed xml column i.e. define a schema for your xml.

It won't be very compressed, but better than nothing. However the xml in output will be equivalent but slightly different (in terms of whitespace and certain other differences.)

Otherwise for real compression which conserves the file as was, you'll have to do it in c# (it seems to me.)

Hope this helps,

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KenSimmons

Posted Monday, June 09, 2008 1:21 AM

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If you do it in code, you could convert the xml to a dataset and use the following compression functions.

http://www.icsharpcode.net/OpenSource/SharpZipLib/
http://www.icsharpcode.net/OpenSource/SD/forum/forum.asp?FORUM_ID=16

Imports ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib.GZip

Imports System.IO

Public Function CompressDataset(ByVal ds As DataSet)
Dim BaseStream As System.IO.MemoryStream = New System.IO.MemoryStream
Dim OutMemoryStream As System.IO.Stream = New GZipOutputStream(BaseStream)
Dim btary() As Byte

ds.WriteXml(OutMemoryStream, XmlWriteMode.WriteSchema)
OutMemoryStream.Close()
btary = BaseStream.ToArray()
BaseStream.Close()

Return btary

End Function

Public Function DecompressDataset(ByVal btary() As Byte)

Dim InStream As Stream = New System.IO.MemoryStream
InStream.Write(btary, 0, btary.Length)
InStream.Position = 0

Dim CompStream As Stream = New GZipInputStream(InStream)
Dim fs As Stream = New System.IO.MemoryStream
Dim size As Integer = 2048
Dim writedata As Byte() = New Byte(2048) {}

While True
size = CompStream.Read(writedata, 0, size)
If size > 0 Then
fs.Write(writedata, 0, size)
Else
Exit While
End If
End While

fs.Position = 0

Dim ds As New DataSet

ds.ReadXml(fs, XmlReadMode.ReadSchema)
CompStream.Close()

fs.Flush()
fs.Close()
InStream.Close()
return ds
End Function

End Class

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jagadish_sds

Posted Monday, June 09, 2008 12:29 PM

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This is fine.

But How can I store this compressed data in Database. Database column either ntext or nvarchar(max).

Doubt is now How to store byte array in Database?

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Posted Monday, June 09, 2008 12:32 PM

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The byte array is just a string of compressed data. You should be able to store it in a varchar(max) column.

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RBarryYoung

Posted Monday, June 09, 2008 12:38 PM

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If the compressed stream returned is really binary data (and it usually is) then it should be stored as VarBinary(..) or Binary(..).

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jagadish_sds

Posted Monday, June 09, 2008 1:35 PM

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My doubt how to Convert Byte Array to string

I can not pass directly Byte Array to database.
because input to database is string (i.e., nvarchar(max)).

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