Question

Okay,

I have a SQL 2005 database with a stored PDF. The column uses the image type. So when the PDF gets stores it is a byte[] array.

So here is the hard part. I can get it to store the data but I am not sure how to go about getting the byte[] array back into PDF format and display it on the web page.

I am using a 3rd part tool to generate the PDF, which works great.

The code I have to generate the byte[] array is as follows:

Doc document = new Doc();
byte[] myArray = document.GetData();

I then insert the byte[] array into the database.

When I get the array back from the database I do this:

public byte[] GetPDF(parameters)
{
    return DAL.GetPDF(parameters)
}

This returns a valid byte[] array as it is supposed to.

Now, the only issue is actually writing the PDF to the web site and having it display on the web site, I am not sure how to do this or where to even begin.

Answer 1

        Response.ContentType = "application/pdf";
        byte[] bytes = YourBinaryContent;

        using (BinaryWriter writer = new BinaryWriter(context.Response.OutputStream))
        {
            writer.Write(bytes, 0, bytes.Length);
        }