well, you have two basic options.
1. You can store the xml contents as text. This way, your table data will be nvarchar(max) and you will read the file as a standard text file:
using System;
using System.IO;
class Test
{
public static void Main()
{
try
{
using (StreamReader sr = new StreamReader("TestFile.txt"))
{
String line = sr.ReadToEnd();
Console.WriteLine(line);
}
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Console.WriteLine("The file could not be read:");
Console.WriteLine(e.Message);
}
}
}
Then you insert "line" to your database as usual (by ADO or other means). When reading from DB, you can parse the string to XML as follows:
using System;
using System.Xml;
namespace StringToXml
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
string s = "hello";
XmlDocument xm = new XmlDocument();
xm.LoadXml(string.Format("<root>{0}</root>", s));
Console.WriteLine(xm.InnerXml);
Console.ReadKey();
}
}
}
2. You insert the file as binary data.
How to insert to DB
public static void databaseFilePut(string varFilePath) {
byte[] file;
using (var stream = new FileStream(varFilePath, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read)) {
using (var reader = new BinaryReader(stream)) {
file = reader.ReadBytes((int) stream.Length);
}
}
using (var varConnection = Locale.sqlConnectOneTime(Locale.sqlDataConnectionDetails))
using (var sqlWrite = new SqlCommand("INSERT INTO Raporty (RaportPlik) Values(@File)", varConnection)) {
sqlWrite.Parameters.Add("@File", SqlDbType.VarBinary, file.Length).Value = file;
sqlWrite.ExecuteNonQuery();
}
}
How to read from DB
public static void databaseFileRead(string varID, string varPathToNewLocation) {
using (var varConnection = Locale.sqlConnectOneTime(Locale.sqlDataConnectionDetails))
using (var sqlQuery = new SqlCommand(@"SELECT [RaportPlik] FROM [dbo].[Raporty] WHERE [RaportID] = @varID", varConnection)) {
sqlQuery.Parameters.AddWithValue("@varID", varID);
using (var sqlQueryResult = sqlQuery.ExecuteReader())
if (sqlQueryResult != null) {
sqlQueryResult.Read();
var blob = new Byte[(sqlQueryResult.GetBytes(0, 0, null, 0, int.MaxValue))];
sqlQueryResult.GetBytes(0, 0, blob, 0, blob.Length);
using (var fs = new FileStream(varPathToNewLocation, FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write))
fs.Write(blob, 0, blob.Length);
}
}
}
How to insert from memory stream
public static int databaseFilePut(MemoryStream fileToPut) {
int varID = 0;
byte[] file = fileToPut.ToArray();
const string preparedCommand = @"
INSERT INTO [dbo].[Raporty]
([RaportPlik])
VALUES
(@File)
SELECT [RaportID] FROM [dbo].[Raporty]
WHERE [RaportID] = SCOPE_IDENTITY()
";
using (var varConnection = Locale.sqlConnectOneTime(Locale.sqlDataConnectionDetails))
using (var sqlWrite = new SqlCommand(preparedCommand, varConnection)) {
sqlWrite.Parameters.Add("@File", SqlDbType.VarBinary, file.Length).Value = file;
using (var sqlWriteQuery = sqlWrite.ExecuteReader())
while (sqlWriteQuery != null && sqlWriteQuery.Read()) {
varID = sqlWriteQuery["RaportID"] is int ? (int) sqlWriteQuery["RaportID"] : 0;
}
}
return varID;
}
How to read from DB into memory stream
public static MemoryStream databaseFileRead(string varID) {
MemoryStream memoryStream = new MemoryStream();
using (var varConnection = Locale.sqlConnectOneTime(Locale.sqlDataConnectionDetails))
using (var sqlQuery = new SqlCommand(@"SELECT [RaportPlik] FROM [dbo].[Raporty] WHERE [RaportID] = @varID", varConnection)) {
sqlQuery.Parameters.AddWithValue("@varID", varID);
using (var sqlQueryResult = sqlQuery.ExecuteReader())
if (sqlQueryResult != null) {
sqlQueryResult.Read();
var blob = new Byte[(sqlQueryResult.GetBytes(0, 0, null, 0, int.MaxValue))];
sqlQueryResult.GetBytes(0, 0, blob, 0, blob.Length);
memoryStream.Write(blob, 0, blob.Length);
}
}
return memoryStream;
}