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Is there a way to insert binary data into sql server directly from SQL Server management studio?
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The syntax for declaring Binary variable is binary(n) , where n defines the size in bytes. Note that size is in bytes and not number of characters. For Example, when we declare as binary(10) , The column will occupy 10 bytes of storage. The value of n can be from 1 to 8000 bytes.
Binary data can be stored in a table using the data type bytea or by using the Large Object feature which stores the binary data in a separate table in a special format and refers to that table by storing a value of type oid in your table.
Found the answer:
SQL Server has an "OPENROWSET" command that accepts a filepath.
eg
Update myTable set Image = ( SELECT * FROM OPENROWSET(BULK N'C:\image.png', SINGLE_BLOB) test) where ImageID = 1 Source: http://shortfastcode.blogspot.com/2009/12/insert-binary-data-like-images-into-sql.html
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Try this:
INSERT INTO Table (field1) VALUES (0xABCDEF) Where 0xABCDEF is your binary data represented as an hexadecimal sequence.
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