Hello.

I have to send an image to MS-SQLSERVER (gif).
Who knows how to load a blob from a file and pass it to the sql
component.

Thanks

                Jens von Karstedt

First, represent the BLOB or memo column in the SQL statement as a
parameter. For example:

  INSERT INTO YourTable
  (KeyField, BlobField)
  VALUES ("AAA", :BlobParam)

Then, before executing the SQL statement, provide the parameter with a
value. There are quite a number of ways to fill a BLOB or memo parameter
with a value. Which you use depends on what form the source data is in at
the time. All ways of doing this involve properties or methods of the
TParam object; some may involve external objects.

If the source data is in the form of a file, you can use the
TParam.LoadFromFile method to copy from file to parameter.

  Query1.ParamByName('BlobParam').LoadFromFile('c:\windows\waves.bmp');

If the source data is in a PChar (or equivalent) buffer, you can directly
assign the buffer to the parameter using the TParam.AsMemo or TParam.AsBlob
property.

  Query1.ParamByName('BlobParam').AsBlob := PBuffer;

If the data is contained in an object, such as a TBitmap, you can use the
TParam.Assign method.

  Query1.ParamByName('BlobParam').Assign(Image1.Picture.Bitmap);

If it is in a stream (such as a TMemoryStream or TFileStream), use the
TParam.LoadFromStream method.

A TBlobStream object can also be used as an intermediary object to copy
data from a stream or a PChar buffer to a BLOB column.

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