Can we upload PDF file into SQL without using any programing language

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Can we upload PDF files into SQL without using any programing language? (using only SQL query if yes please share script)

Sachin Singh · Answer

yes, CREATE TABLE [tblPDF]( [Id] [ int ] IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL, [Data] [varbinary](max) NULL CONSTRAINT [PK_Thumbnail] PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED ( [Id] ASC ) ) ON [PRIMARY] SELECT * FROM OPENROWSET (BULK 'C:\Folder1\myPdf.pdf' , SINGLE_BLOB) AS X INSERT [ tblPDF ] ( Data ) SELECT * FROM OPENROWSET (BULK ' C:\Folder1\myPdf.pdf ' , SINGLE_BLOB) AS X

Arnab Mukherjee · Answer

Sample Table : CREATE TABLE [dbo].[tbl_Test]( [ID] [int] IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL, [PDF_File] [varbinary](max) NULL, CONSTRAINT [PK_tbl_Test] PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED ( [ID] ASC )WITH (PAD_INDEX = OFF, STATISTICS_NORECOMPUTE = OFF, IGNORE_DUP_KEY = OFF, ALLOW_ROW_LOCKS = ON, ALLOW_PAGE_LOCKS = ON, OPTIMIZE_FOR_SEQUENTIAL_KEY = OFF) ON [PRIMARY] ) ON [PRIMARY] TEXTIMAGE_ON [PRIMARY] GO Insert PDF Files : INSERT INTO TBL_TEST (PDF_FILE) SELECT * FROM OPENROWSET(BULK N'Put the file path here', SINGLE_BLOB) AS BLOB INSERT INTO TBL_TEST (PDF_FILE) SELECT * FROM OPENROWSET(BULK N'C:\Downloads\SampleFile.PDF', SINGLE_BLOB) AS BLOB Show the record : SELECT * FROM TBL_TEST Hope it will help you, Thanks

Gajendra Jangid · Answer

https://www.mssqltips.com/sqlservertip/1207/different-options-for-importing-data-into-sql-server/

Can we upload PDF file into SQL without using any programing language

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