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Accessing SQL Blobs
- 6 years ago
Yes, Power Query has a "Binary" data type that you can then bend to your will, for example by declaring that you want to read that binary as a PDF.
Just add the blob to your SQL view columns.
Here's an example where I pull a bunch of CSV files out of their blobs (the [Content] column)
#"Invoke Custom Function1" = Table.AddColumn(#"Renamed Columns1", "CSV", each #"Get CSV file"([Content])),
via a custom function where I do some basic transforms:
Get CSV File =
(File) => let
Source = Csv.Document(File,[Delimiter=",", Encoding=1252, QuoteStyle=QuoteStyle.Csv]),
#"Promoted Headers" = Table.PromoteHeaders(Source, [PromoteAllScalars=true]),....
- Anonymous6 years ago
Thank you. I apologize, for getting upset.
How can that, at least, be done? I cannot find any good and clear instructions on doing so.
There is another alternative that may interest you to solve the problem,
Indirectly you can create an extractor externally (by programming it) to read the blob and build the file temporarily then you could reach that file through a link for that record:
You have this:
Then: