Data Compression in SQL Server: Shubham Saxena

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Data Compression in SQL Server: Shubham Saxena

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April 2, 2013 at 1:31 am

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Dear Friends,
Please help!!
I need to build up a function or stored procedure to compress/decompress a large object.
like image or blob please provide me script to compress and decompress image in SQL.
Thanks !!:-)

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Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004504 More actions · Answer 1

The only compression SQL Server has is table/object compression (look up ALTER INDEX) and backup compression (BACKUP DATABASE ... WITH COMPRESSION)

Could you explain more what you're trying to do here?

Gail Shaw
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shubham.saxena67 Default port Points: 1490 More actions · Answer 2

I Want to store image as in image datatype with compression of byte using a function

like fn_compress(@imagebyte image) also need to decompress the same.

could you help me to create a function like fn_compress(@imageByte Image)

Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004504 More actions · Answer 3

Compression algorithms aren't really something you want to write in T-SQL, wrong tool for the job. Have a look at the CLR, there may be some built in functions in there that you can use in a CLR function

p.s. the fn prefix is unnecessary. It's just a waste of typing.

Gail Shaw
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DiverKas SSCrazy Points: 2049 More actions · Answer 4

shubham.saxena67 (4/2/2013)
I Want to store image as in image datatype with compression of byte using a function
like fn_compress(@imagebyte image) also need to decompress the same.
could you help me to create a function like fn_compress(@imageByte Image)

I would recommend reviewing this white paper: http://research.microsoft.com/apps/pubs/default.aspx?id=64525

I am of the opinion that images shouldnt be stored in relational databases, only the link/path to the item should be. But thats IMHO.

But to answer your question, without going to a CLR, SQL Server can't compress images, nor would you want it to, its not designed for that.

Lowell SSC Guru Points: 323518 More actions · Answer 5

I played with this compression CLR for SQL 2005 more than five years ago.

It worked at the time, but as Gail said, I think doing it in TSQL is the wrong tool for the job. I usually do compression at the application /file system level, and then maybe i would store the results in a SQL database.

you'd most likely need to modify the structure of the table to now have varbinary(max) columns for the compressed data.

http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/16934/Using-CLR-integration-to-compress-BLOBs-CLOBs-in-S

Lowell

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shubham.saxena67 Default port Points: 1490 More actions · Answer 6

Thanks Gail!!

Thanks Lowell!!

Agreed, i was doing something wrong but use of CLR is the best option.

Lowell, given link was too much helpful.

Thanks a lot!:-)