How to convert SQL Server image type to normal text in c#?

Question

In our Database, doc and pdf files content has been stored as image datatype in SQL server. But now I want to convert to original format .doc and .pdf files. Can anyone please help me how to do this in c#. Thanks

Answer 1

You need an additional variable (field/column) in your database which stores the original filename with extension. Then you can simply copy all the bytes form the database (variable/cell/field) to a new file and name it accordingly.

This will restore the original file with a matching file extension.

Converting such a file to text is quite another story.