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thanks for the reply. &nbsp;i've just scanned the methods and some are suited to images as oppposed to text<br />
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the binary files i have contain records with data. &nbsp;would i need to select specific bytes from specific positions as in the last method.<br />
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also, i can't seem to find textcopy, is this because i'm using SQL 2005
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thanks for the reply.  i've just scanned the methods and some are suited to images as oppposed to text

the binary files i have contain records with data.  would i need to select specific bytes from specific positions as in the last method.

also, i can't seem to find textcopy, is this because i'm using SQL 2005

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is there a way of importing a binary data file into SQL server 2005 , using SQL 2005 or SSIS
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is there a way of importing a binary data file into SQL server 2005 , using SQL 2005 or SSIS

Import binary data into SQL 2005

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 is a suite of relational database management system (RDBMS) products providing multi-user database access functionality.Component services include integration (SSIS), reporting (SSRS), analysis (SSAS), data quality, master data, T-SQL and performance tuning. It includes support for managing XML data and allows a database server to be exposed over web services using Tabular Data Stream (TDS) packets encapsulated within SOAP (protocol) requests.

Microsoft SQL Server 2005

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Microsoft SQL Server is a suite of relational database management system (RDBMS) products providing multi-user database access functionality.SQL Server is available in multiple versions, typically identified by release year, and versions are subdivided into editions to distinguish between product functionality. Component services include integration (SSIS), reporting (SSRS), analysis (SSAS), data quality, master data, T-SQL and performance tuning.