// Binary serialization to DB. Use VARBINARY(MAX)
public void Ex2_SerializeDB()
{
Person2 p = new Person2(true)
{
Id = 1,
Name = "John Doe"
};
byte[] data;
IFormatter formatter = new BinaryFormatter();
using (MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream())
{
formatter.Serialize(stream, p);
data = stream.ToArray();
}
// Write to db as binary.
string cnxnString = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["DBPREPLocal"].ConnectionString;
using (var conxn = new SqlConnection(cnxnString))
{
conxn.Open();
string cmd = @"INSERT INTO [dbo].[Test01] ([SVAL], [OBJVAL])
VALUES ('Bin Serialize Test 1' , @pOBJVAL)";
SqlCommand sc = new SqlCommand(cmd, conxn);
sc.Parameters.AddWithValue("@pOBJVAL", data);
int r = sc.ExecuteNonQuery();
}
}
// Binary deserialization from DB.
public void Ex2_DeserializeDB()
{
byte[] data = null;
IFormatter formatter = new BinaryFormatter();
string cnxnString = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["DBPREPLocal"].ConnectionString;
using (var conxn = new SqlConnection(cnxnString))
{
conxn.Open();
string qry = @"SELECT [OBJVAL]
FROM [dbo].[Test01]
WHERE [SVAL] = @pSVAL
ORDER BY ID
OFFSET 0 ROWS FETCH NEXT 1 ROW ONLY";
SqlCommand sc = new SqlCommand(qry, conxn);
sc.Parameters.AddWithValue("@pSVAL", "Bin Serialize Test 1");
SqlDataReader r = sc.ExecuteReader();
if (r.Read())
{
data = (byte[])r["OBJVAL"];
using (MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream(data))
{
Person2 dp = (Person2)formatter.Deserialize(stream);
Console.WriteLine("RT: {0} {1} {2}", dp.Id, dp.Name, dp.Dirty);
}
}
}
}
// Roundtrip binary serialization.
public void Ex1_Serialize()
{
string path = @"..\..\..\TmpFile";
string file = Path.Combine(path, @"Person2.dat");
Person2 p = new Person2(true)
{
Id = 1,
Name = "John Doe"
};
IFormatter formatter = new BinaryFormatter();
using (Stream stream = new FileStream(file, FileMode.Create))
{
formatter.Serialize(stream, p);
}
using (Stream stream = new FileStream(file, FileMode.Open))
{
Person2 dp = (Person2)formatter.Deserialize(stream);
Console.WriteLine("{0} {1} {2}", dp.Id, dp.Name, dp.Dirty);
}
}