Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Handy script to export binary column into any file

from http://stackoverflow.com/a/4088007/218046
 
DECLARE @SQLIMG VARCHAR(MAX),
    @IMG_PATH VARBINARY(MAX),
    @TIMESTAMP VARCHAR(MAX),
    @ObjectToken INT

DECLARE IMGPATH CURSOR FAST_FORWARD FOR 
        SELECT csl_CompanyLogo from mlm_CSCompanySettingsLocalizations

OPEN IMGPATH 

FETCH NEXT FROM IMGPATH INTO @IMG_PATH 

WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0
    BEGIN
        SET @TIMESTAMP = 'd:\' + 
        replace(replace(replace(replace(
        convert(varchar,getdate(),121),'-',''),':','')
        ,'.',''),' ','') + '.bmp'

        PRINT @TIMESTAMP
        PRINT @SQLIMG

        EXEC sp_OACreate 'ADODB.Stream', @ObjectToken OUTPUT
        EXEC sp_OASetProperty @ObjectToken, 'Type', 1
        EXEC sp_OAMethod @ObjectToken, 'Open'
        EXEC sp_OAMethod @ObjectToken, 'Write', NULL, @IMG_PATH
        EXEC sp_OAMethod @ObjectToken, 'SaveToFile', NULL, @TIMESTAMP, 2
        EXEC sp_OAMethod @ObjectToken, 'Close'
        EXEC sp_OADestroy @ObjectToken

        FETCH NEXT FROM IMGPATH INTO @IMG_PATH 
    END 

CLOSE IMGPATH
DEALLOCATE IMGPATH