save varbinary in file

  • Hi

    I want to save a varbinary value from a varbinary filed in my database into a file in his binary form,not hexa and I don't really know how...Can you help me?

    Thx

  • BCP should be able to do that. Check it out and see if it will do what you need.

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  • I'm checking...but the solution hasn't apeared...

    simple things work.i'm trying to save binary in txt file...maybe I'm doing something wrong here....I don't know...

  • I have a ...let's say ...more complete question ...because I tried with bcp and using sqlcmd and I've obtained some results but not the ones I search for ...so, here is the question: Can I obtain the binary value from a varbinary field,not hexa,the value it normaly returns?

    Thx

  • I think I need to know a bit more about what you're storing and how you're trying to retrieve it. You mentioned something about text files, but not why they're stored as varbinary (instead of varchar or text), nor how you're trying to retrieve them from the database.

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  • In my database I have varbinary values,and I want to export then in a txt file,the values...

    for instance I want to have on every row the binary value stored in my database.

    In the database I have aprox 200 rows...It's not very big

    I hope I was clear.

    I tried to extract them but I get the hexa value...and if I read corect on msdn that's the way they are stored, hexa.And I'm asking if I can extract the binary value and put it in a txt file...

    and sorry for not being so clear:D...

  • They're stored as hex. You could build a converter to convert to binary, but there isn't one in SQL that I know of.

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  • Can you post an example of your varbinary columns contents and what you want to see in the text file?

    For example, if the VARBINARY column contains 0x616263 do you want to see 'abc' in the text file or '01100001...'?

  • I want to see '01101010011', but I still tried and I think I'm giving up:)

    for instance I exported in a text file and I open it with UltraEdit and I choose the the Hex edit option and I have the binary form, but i can't use it.

    So....I think I'll renounce

    Thank you for your help...

  • Hi there,

    I created a procedure for converting decmal to binary, hex, and oct... although... it only converts numbers:P

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