How to store/retrieve image/file in sql db

Hi Guys,
I want to employee details in one table along with his photograph and resume
.
How can I achieve this? I'm fresher and I don't have any basic idea about th
is.
Can somebody lead me to a worked out example.
If appropriate how to use WRITETEXT/READTEXT to achieve this task?
thanks in advance.
M.L.SrinivasYou can start here:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308042
or
You can use TextCopy.exe in the \bin folder.
-- OJ: TEXTCOPY example
-- Loading files into db &
-- exporting files out to folder
--
--TEXTCOPY IN
--
--create tb to hold data
create table tmp(fname varchar(100),img image default '0x0')
go
declare @.sql varchar(255),
@.fname varchar(100),
@.path varchar(50),
@.user sysname,
@.pass sysname
set @.user='myuser'
set @.pass='mypass'
--specify desired folder
set @.path='c:\winnt'
set @.sql='dir ' + @.path + '*.bmp /c /b'
--insert filenames into tb
insert tmp(fname)
exec master..xp_cmdshell @.sql
--loop through and insert file contents into tb
declare cc cursor
for select fname from tmp
open cc
fetch next from cc into @.fname
while @.@.fetch_status=0
begin
set @.sql='textcopy /s"'+@.@.servername+'" /u"'+@.user+'" /p"'+@.pass+'"
/d"'+db_name()+'" /t"tmp" /c"img" /w"where fname=''' + @.fname + '''"'
set @.sql=@.sql + ' /f"' + @.path + @.fname + '" /i' + ' /z'
print @.sql
exec master..xp_cmdshell @.sql ,no_output
fetch next from cc into @.fname
end
close cc
deallocate cc
go
select * from tmp
go
--
--TEXTCOPY OUT
--
declare @.sql varchar(255),
@.fname varchar(100),
@.path varchar(50),
@.user sysname,
@.pass sysname
set @.user='myuser'
set @.pass='mypass,'
--specify desired output folder
set @.path='c:\tmp'
set @.sql='md ' + @.path
--create output folder
exec master..xp_cmdshell @.sql
--loop through and insert file contents into tb
declare cc cursor
for select fname from tmp
open cc
fetch next from cc into @.fname
while @.@.fetch_status=0
begin
set @.sql='textcopy /s"'+@.@.servername+'" /u"'+@.user+'" /p"'+@.pass+'"
/d"'+db_name()+'" /t"tmp" /c"img" /w"where fname=''' + @.fname + '''"'
set @.sql=@.sql + ' /f"' + @.path + @.fname + '" /o' + ' /z'
print @.sql
exec master..xp_cmdshell @.sql ,no_output
fetch next from cc into @.fname
end
close cc
deallocate cc
set @.sql='dir ' + @.path + '*.bmp /c /b'
exec master..xp_cmdshell @.sql
go
drop table tmp
go
-oj
"M.L.Srinivas" <mlsrinivas@.indiatimes.com> wrote in message
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> Hi Guys,
> I want to employee details in one table along with his photograph and
> resume.
> How can I achieve this? I'm fresher and I don't have any basic idea about
> this.
> Can somebody lead me to a worked out example.
> If appropriate how to use WRITETEXT/READTEXT to achieve this task?
> thanks in advance.
> M.L.Srinivas|||I have gone threw this tutorial. But when I retrieve the image from the DB.
The image is only 1B, and I cannot open it. The filename is correct.
Whats wrong here?
-- Kenneth
"oj" wrote:

> You can start here:
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308042
> or
> You can use TextCopy.exe in the \bin folder.
> -- OJ: TEXTCOPY example
> -- Loading files into db &
> -- exporting files out to folder
> --
> --
> --TEXTCOPY IN
> --
> --create tb to hold data
> create table tmp(fname varchar(100),img image default '0x0')
> go
> declare @.sql varchar(255),
> @.fname varchar(100),
> @.path varchar(50),
> @.user sysname,
> @.pass sysname
> set @.user='myuser'
> set @.pass='mypass'
> --specify desired folder
> set @.path='c:\winnt'
> set @.sql='dir ' + @.path + '*.bmp /c /b'
> --insert filenames into tb
> insert tmp(fname)
> exec master..xp_cmdshell @.sql
> --loop through and insert file contents into tb
> declare cc cursor
> for select fname from tmp
> open cc
> fetch next from cc into @.fname
> while @.@.fetch_status=0
> begin
> set @.sql='textcopy /s"'+@.@.servername+'" /u"'+@.user+'" /p"'+@.pass+'"
> /d"'+db_name()+'" /t"tmp" /c"img" /w"where fname=''' + @.fname + '''"'
> set @.sql=@.sql + ' /f"' + @.path + @.fname + '" /i' + ' /z'
> print @.sql
> exec master..xp_cmdshell @.sql ,no_output
> fetch next from cc into @.fname
> end
> close cc
> deallocate cc
> go
> select * from tmp
> go
> --
> --TEXTCOPY OUT
> --
> declare @.sql varchar(255),
> @.fname varchar(100),
> @.path varchar(50),
> @.user sysname,
> @.pass sysname
> set @.user='myuser'
> set @.pass='mypass,'
> --specify desired output folder
> set @.path='c:\tmp'
> set @.sql='md ' + @.path
> --create output folder
> exec master..xp_cmdshell @.sql
> --loop through and insert file contents into tb
> declare cc cursor
> for select fname from tmp
> open cc
> fetch next from cc into @.fname
> while @.@.fetch_status=0
> begin
> set @.sql='textcopy /s"'+@.@.servername+'" /u"'+@.user+'" /p"'+@.pass+'"
> /d"'+db_name()+'" /t"tmp" /c"img" /w"where fname=''' + @.fname + '''"'
> set @.sql=@.sql + ' /f"' + @.path + @.fname + '" /o' + ' /z'
> print @.sql
> exec master..xp_cmdshell @.sql ,no_output
> fetch next from cc into @.fname
> end
> close cc
> deallocate cc
> set @.sql='dir ' + @.path + '*.bmp /c /b'
> exec master..xp_cmdshell @.sql
> go
> drop table tmp
> go
>
> --
> -oj
>
> "M.L.Srinivas" <mlsrinivas@.indiatimes.com> wrote in message
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