Export images from a SQL Server using Stored procedures

Question

I\'m using Microsoft Sql server 2012 as DBMS, there I have my database which is containing informations about football players. Each player has a photography, a

Answer 1

try the following query:

EXEC sp_configure 'show advanced options', 1 

GO 
RECONFIGURE 
GO 
EXEC sp_configure 'xp_cmdshell', 1 
GO 
RECONFIGURE 
GO

EXEC master..xp_cmdshell 'mkdir C:\ImagesFromSql'


DECLARE @ID as int
DECLARE @SQL as varchar(4000)

DECLARE  csr  CURSOR FOR SELECT ID FROM [FootballTeam].[dbo].[Players]

OPEN csr

FETCH NEXT FROM csr INTO @ID

WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0 
BEGIN


SET @SQL = 'BCP "SELECT Photo FROM [FootballTeam].[dbo].[Players] WHERE ID = "' + CAST(@ID as varchar(10)) + ' queryout "C:\ImagesFromSql\' + CAST(@ID as varchar(10)) + '.jpg" -T -N'

EXEC master..xp_cmdshell  @SQL

FETCH NEXT FROM csr INTO @ID

END


CLOSE csr
DEALLOCATE csr