For the background to this question,
see “How to I serialize a large
graph of .NET object into a SQL Server
BLOB without creating a large
buffer?” that now has a large
bounty on it.
SqlFileStream gives you an IoStream that sits on top of a blob (varbinary) value that is stored in the database. However due to limitations on SqlFileStream implementation it will only work with Sql Server 2008.
Logically I can’t see any reason why the some API cannot be provided on Sql Server 2000 and Sql Server 2005.
- Does anyone know if this has been done?
- Is there an open source implementation of this anywhere?
- What am I missing in thinking it should be possible?
see How to I serialize a large graph of .NET object into a SQL Server BLOB without creating a large buffer?