Opening a binary document from db is failing

[Abhinav S]

Looks like your file is not getting downloaded completely. Post some code here - maybe someone can help you.

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[seeism]

if (dt.Rows.Count > 0) { result = (byte[])dt.Rows[0].ItemArray[0]; filetype = (String)dt.Rows[0].ItemArray[1]; } String new_FileName = Path.ChangeExtension(Path.GetTempFileName(),filetype); File.WriteAllBytes(new_FileName, result); System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(new_FileName); THis is my code i will get bytes in result array and filetype also.SO depending on that I am opening the file to display the data

[Goutam Patra]

In my case the same is working properly but I am using dt.rows(0)("FieldName") instead of Itemarray. May be there is problem while saving it into database.

[seeism]

I use coloumn name also .But same happening.

[seeism]

Hey , i found the solution.My data type that i put is binary so there is a limitation to the size.You have to put the type as image then size wont be a probs.So fix the solution.thanks for al the help; seeism

[seeism]

Hi, Instead of opening the binary data from db in a file is it possible to store this in a file in some locations given by the user. Like if my binary file is a doc file i should store that file in some location say c:\file.doc. seeism

[Goutam Patra]

What? you want to copy the file in a diff location? Just copy the file in a specified location using IO.File.Copy

[seeism]

Hi, I got the file in binary format from db.Now i want to save this file in some location given by the user by a file save as dialog option without opening it. String new_FileName = Path.ChangeExtension(Path.GetTempFileName(), filetype); File.WriteAllBytes(new_FileName, result); FileDialog fldlg = new SaveFileDialog(); fldlg.InitialDirectory = "c:\\";// @":D\"; fldlg.Filter = "*.jpg|*.gif|*.txt|*.doc|*.pdf|*.htm"; fldlg.FileName = filename; This is my code.I did like this But file is not saving

[Goutam Patra]

What exactly you are trying to do? SaveFileDialog doesnt saves anything. It only shows the dialog box. You need to use fldlg.ShowDialog to show dialog and ask user to select a filename. Then you need to copy the file into its new location specified by user using system.IO.File.Copy(new_FileName, fldlg.FileName) or sort of.

[seeism]

Thanks a lot.I didnt copy the code for showDialog.I was using some stream and all and it wasnt worked.I changed the code now using File.copy and it is working fine.thanks a lot