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How to Read Files from SQL Server Varbinary and Display in Browser ASP.NET Page

Asked by jumpseatnews in SQL Server 2005, Programming for ASP.NET

Trying to read files stored as Varbinary(max) on my asp.net page.

Database schema is:
id      int      
fileName      varchar(100)      
fileSize      varchar(20)      
fileContent      varbinary(MAX)      
dateAdded      smalldatetime      
addedBy      varchar(20)      
fileMimeType      varchar(25)      

Code is:

Imports System.IO

Partial Class submission_viewfile
    Inherits System.Web.UI.Page
    Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Load

        'Connect to the database and bring back the image contents & MIME type for the specified picture
        Dim myConnection As SqlConnection = New SqlConnection(ConfigurationManager.AppSettings("ConnectionString"))

        Const SQL As String = "SELECT * FROM Documents WHERE id = @id"
        Dim myCommand As New SqlCommand(SQL, myConnection)
        myCommand.Parameters.AddWithValue("@id", Request.QueryString("id"))

        myConnection.Open()
        Dim myReader As SqlDataReader = myCommand.ExecuteReader

        If myReader.Read Then
            Dim data As Byte() = myReader("fileContent")
            Using st As Stream = New MemoryStream(data)
                Dim dataLengthToRead As Long = st.Length
                If myReader("fileMimeType").ToString() = "text/plain" Then
                    Response.ContentType = myReader("fileMimeType").ToString()
                Else
                    Response.ContentType = myReader("fileMimeType").ToString()
                    Response.AddHeader("Content-Disposition", "attachment; filename=""" + myReader("fileName") + """")
                End If
                While dataLengthToRead > 0 AndAlso Response.IsClientConnected
                    Context.Response.BinaryWrite(data)
                End While
                Response.Flush()
                Response.Close()
            End Using
            Response.[End]()


        End If

        myReader.Close()
        myConnection.Close()


    End Sub
End Class


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