[thelist] Retrieving OLE File from Access DB with Classic ASP

[VOLKAN ÖZÇELİK]

>I was looking for an option to force the browser to download the data.
>There are plenty of examples of streaming a file from the filesystem but not
>for lifting binary data from a database then streaming it to the browser.

If you cannot find your way out, you may consider splitting the problem:

1. save the stream in the db to a temporary file.
2. open that file.
3. stream it to the browser.
4. delete the file when done.
+ Make sure the filename is unique for that particular session.
+ Make sure a way to delete way to remove the file if something goes
wrong (a server error / connection faliure etc.)

HTH,
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Volkan Ozcelik
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