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Devart.Data.MySql Namespace / MySqlBlob Class / ToString Method
Example

ToString Method (MySqlBlob)
Converts the current MySqlBlob object to a System.String.
Syntax
'Declaration
 
Public Overrides Function ToString() As String
 

Return Value

A System.String with the same value as the MySqlBlob.
Remarks
If a Value is actually a sequence of bytes that represent a string, you can use ToString method to obtain that string. The default encoding is used.
Example
The example shows a code fragment that gets a MySqlBlob field from a MySqlReader and writes it to the console.
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MySqlBlob myBlob = myReader.GetMySqlBlob(myReader.GetOrdinal("TextColumnName"));
Console.WriteLine(myBlob.ToString());
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Dim Blob As MySqlBlob = myReader.GetMySqlBlob(myReader.GetOrdinal("TextColumnName"))
Console.WriteLine(myBlob.ToString())
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