Read Binary File data?

[Ben Wallace \(3\)]

Can anyone point me in the right direction as to how can I read and
interpret a binary files data. I need to read the file and then import it's
data into SQL server. I know the structure of my binary file but am unsure
how to get into SQL server, any advice is appreciated.

Thanks.

 

[Lloyd Dupont]

FileStream? BinaryReader? BitConverter? System.IO namespace?

 

[Russell Verdun]

Thanks Lloyd,
But I'm not sure not how it's accomplished with these options....your
thoughts.

 

[Guest]

Use a StreamReader to put the file contents into a byte array of the
appropriate dimension. Then assign the byte array to the value of a
SqlDbType.Image field.

 

[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

Use a StreamReader to put the file contents into a byte array of the
appropriate dimension. Then assign the byte array to the value of a
SqlDbType.Image field.

I'm hoping that StreamReader was a typo for Stream there

In particular, if it's binary data you *don't* want to use a
StreamReader, which is specifically there to convert binary data into
*text* data.