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MySqlBinaryString Structure
Represents MySQL BINARY and VARBINARY types.
Syntax
Remarks
This structure manages BINARY and VARBINARY as strings with certain encoding (specified with the Encoding property).
Example
The following example demonstrates how to insert and fetch text data using binary types.
MySqlCommand insertCommand = new MySqlCommand("insert into autotest.simple_types (f_binary, f_varbinary) values (:p1, :p2)", connection);

Encoding encoding = Encoding.Unicode;
byte[] buffer1 = encoding.GetBytes("test1");
byte[] buffer2 = encoding.GetBytes("test2");

insertCommand.Parameters.Add("p1", new MySqlBinaryString(buffer1, encoding));
insertCommand.Parameters.Add("p2", new MySqlBinaryString(buffer2, encoding));
insertCommand.ExecuteNonQuery();

MySqlCommand selectCommand = new MySqlCommand("select f_binary, f_varbinary from autotest.simple_types", connection);

using (MySqlDataReader reader = selectCommand.ExecuteReader())
 while (reader.Read())
   for (int i = 0; i < reader.FieldCount; ++i) {
     MySqlBinaryString value = (MySqlBinaryString)reader.GetProviderSpecificValue(i);
     value.Encoding = encoding;
     Console.WriteLine(value);
   }
Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
   System.ValueType
      Devart.Data.MySql.MySqlBinaryString

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