/// <summary>
/// Asynchronously loads binary data of an image from the database using the DatabaseWorker.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="query">SQL query to be sent to the database</param>
/// <returns>String representation of the binary data</returns>
public string LoadDBImageAsync(string query)
{
DatabaseWorker dw = new DatabaseWorker();
byte[] contents = dw.binaryQueryDB(query);
string base64string = Convert.ToBase64String(contents);
LoadCompleted(new LoadCompletedEventArgs(base64string, null, false, null));
return base64string;
}
/// <summary>
/// Loads images from database synchronously.
/// </summary>
/// <returns>View of images</returns>
public ActionResult GetImagesSynchronous()
{
DatabaseWorker dw = new DatabaseWorker();
DatabaseWorker.connectDB();
ViewBag.Images = new ArrayList();
ViewBag.Tables = new ArrayList();
for (int j = 0; j < 10; j++)
{
int count = dw.intQueryDB("select count(*) from Images");
for (int i = 1; i <= count; i++)
{
byte[] contents = dw.binaryQueryDB("select image from Images where imageID = " + i + " and exists (select * from ArticleAttachments where ImageID = " + i + ")");
// Place image contents in an array of images in viewbag
ViewBag.Images.Add("data:image/jpeg;base64," + Convert.ToBase64String(contents));
}
}
DatabaseWorker.disconnectDB();
ViewBag.Title = "Synchronous Test Loading Media From Database";
return View("RegularQueries");
}
public ActionResult GetMediaCache()
{
DatabaseWorker dw = new DatabaseWorker();
DatabaseWorker.connectDB();
ViewBag.Tables = new ArrayList();
ViewBag.Images = new ArrayList();
for (int j = 0; j < 10; j++)
{
int count = dw.intQueryDB("select count(*) from Images");
for (int i = 1; i <= count; i++)
{
byte[] contents;
object cached = HttpRuntime.Cache.Get("DB.Images." + i);
if (cached == null)
{
contents = dw.binaryQueryDB("select image from Images where imageID = " + i + " and exists (select * from ArticleAttachments where ImageID = " + i + ")");
HttpRuntime.Cache.Insert("DB.Images." + i, contents, null, System.Web.Caching.Cache.NoAbsoluteExpiration, new TimeSpan(0, 1, 0));
}
else
{
contents = (byte[])cached;
}
ViewBag.Images.Add("data:image/jpeg;base64," + Convert.ToBase64String(contents));
}
}
DatabaseWorker.disconnectDB();
ViewBag.Title = "Caching Test Loading Media From Database";
return View("RegularQueries");
}