How do I retrieve a pdf file stored in SQL server database and view it in the pdf viewer control using VB.NET

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how do i to retrieve a pdf which is stored in the database in vb.net

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have tried out to get the file name from the byte array but unable to do so

Posted 12-Feb-18 7:23am

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Updated 12-Feb-18 9:34am

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Maciej Los · Answer 1 · 2018-02-12T09:31:00

Solution 1

Assuming your pdf file is stored in BLOB field...

ASP snippets: Read and Write BLOB Data to SQL Server database using C# and VB.Net[^]
Reading and Writing BLOB Data to Microsoft SQL or Oracle Database[^]

Posted 12-Feb-18 9:31am

Maciej Los

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Member 13674721 12-Feb-18 20:13pm

How do I get the file name or file path of the PDF from the database for using it in the filestream

Member 13674721 12-Feb-18 20:13pm

How do I get the filename or file path from the database for using it in filestream

Maciej Los 13-Feb-18 1:55am

What you mean by "from the database ... in the filestream"?

Member 13674721 13-Feb-18 7:26am

Ah thanks a lot i got that thing resolved it