Click here to Skip to main content
15,881,803 members
Articles / Web Development / ASP.NET

Upload and Download Files with SQL Server in ASP.NET

Rate me:
Please Sign up or sign in to vote.
4.94/5 (61 votes)
1 Jan 2012CPOL7 min read 463.1K   24.4K   124  
This article presents an example to upload and download files with SQL Server in ASP.NET.
using System;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Data;
using ASPNetFileUpDownLoad.Utilities;

namespace ASPNetFileUpDownLoad
{
    public partial class Default : System.Web.UI.Page
    {
        protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            if (! IsPostBack)
            {
                DataTable fileList = FileUtilities.GetFileList();
                gvFiles.DataSource = fileList;
                gvFiles.DataBind();
            }
        }

        protected void btnUpload_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            // Although I put only one http file control on the aspx page,
            // the following code can handle multiple file controls in a single aspx page.
            HttpFileCollection files = Request.Files;
            foreach (string fileTagName in files)
            {
                HttpPostedFile file = Request.Files[fileTagName];
                if (file.ContentLength > 0)
                {
                    // Due to the limit of the max for a int type, the largest file can be
                    // uploaded is 2147483647, which is very large anyway.
                    int size = file.ContentLength;
                    string name = file.FileName;
                    int position = name.LastIndexOf("\\");
                    name = name.Substring(position + 1);
                    string contentType = file.ContentType;
                    byte[] fileData = new byte[size];
                    file.InputStream.Read(fileData, 0, size);

                    FileUtilities.SaveFile(name, contentType, size, fileData);
                }                
            }

            DataTable fileList = FileUtilities.GetFileList();
            gvFiles.DataSource = fileList;
            gvFiles.DataBind();
        }
    }
}

By viewing downloads associated with this article you agree to the Terms of Service and the article's licence.

If a file you wish to view isn't highlighted, and is a text file (not binary), please let us know and we'll add colourisation support for it.

License

This article, along with any associated source code and files, is licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)


Written By
United States United States
I have been working in the IT industry for some time. It is still exciting and I am still learning. I am a happy and honest person, and I want to be your friend.

Comments and Discussions