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<H3>ActiveX Data Objects (ADO) Reading BLOBs</H3>
You can use GetChunk() of ADO to read Binary Large Objects; in contrast, AppendChunk() writes binary large objects.
Below is a BLOB read directly from SQL Server's pubs database.
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$url = $Request->ServerVariables('PATH_INFO')->item;
$_ = $Request->ServerVariables('PATH_TRANSLATED')->item;
s/[\/\\](\w*\.asp\Z)//m;
$params = 'filename='."$1".'&URL='."$url";
$params =~ s#([^a-zA-Z0-9&_.:%/-\\]{1})#uc '%' . unpack('H2', $1)#eg;
$params2 = 'filename='."readblob.asp".'&URL='."$url";
$params2 =~ s#([^a-zA-Z0-9&_.:%/-\\]{1})#uc '%' . unpack('H2', $1)#eg;
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<A HREF="index.htm"> Return </A>
<A HREF="showsource.asp?<%=$params%>">
<h4><i>view the source</i></h4></A>
<A HREF="showsource.asp?<%=$params2%>">
<h4><i>view the BLOB reading routine</i></h4></A>
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