

Using this within SSMS requires the use of xp_cmdshell, which in turn requires that xp_cmdshell is permitted within SQL Server. The Bulk Copy Program (BCP) utility can be used to copy data between SQL Server and data files. Saved jpg BCP via SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) The result of this is a binary column containing the image data. OPENROWSET(BULK 'C:\BLOBTest\BLOBIn\Oops.jpg', SINGLE_BLOB) An additional column has a suggested name for the image file, which will be used later, within the PowerShell example. In this example, I’m saving a jpg by using OPENROWSET to save the SINGLE_BLOB.
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Listing 1: SQL code to create database and table The first step is to create a test database, with a table that has a varbinary(max) column within it. The code used in this article can be downloaded from here.

There are various arguments for and against storing such items within a database but I’m not going to concern myself with that in this article I just want to learn how it can be done. I have never needed to save BLOB data within a SQL Server database.
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Binary Large Objects (BLOB) data can be a graphical image, a pdf document, a music file or any of a wide range of data types, which can generally be saved into a SQL Server database.Īs part of a series of investigations I’m currently performing within SQL Server, I have looked at how BLOB data can be saved and retrieved.
