Hi Monks!
I am trying to update a table on SQL Server by inserting a PDF file, but... I am using var type "image" on the SQL Server table field, it gets there, but all truncated. It might be some sort of conversion I am missing, that's why I think it could be done using Perl. Has anyone here done something like that before?

...
my $user = $mydb::Config::odbc_def->{ $db } { user };
my $pass = $mydb::Config::odbc_def->{ $db } { pass };
$dbh = DBI->connect("DBI:ODBC:$db",$user, $pass, {RaiseError => 1});

# Insert pdf file attached with the reference number.

my $sql="UPDATE main SET pdf='$pdf_file[0]' WHERE number='$number' AND
+ ref='$ref'";
      $sth = $dbh->prepare($sql);
      $sth->execute() || die $sth->errstr;
      $dbh->disconnect or warn "Disconnection failed: $DBI::errstr\n";

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Thanks for the help!

In reply to Inserting an PDF to SqlServer using Perl by Anonymous Monk

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