so I have a byte[], how to copy to int, string, etc..

[SteveK]

I'm trying to write a quick migrate tool to convert our old binary flat DB
to SQL Server. I thought I would use C# and get started with a managed
language. I have found plenty of examples of how to read a binary file into
an array of bytes, great. But what do I do with it then?

How can I copy n bytes from my data byte[] into the new, managed float
object that I just declared? What am I missing? Any ideas?

Thanks for any help, this is one of those problems that once solved will
open the flood gates of success ;)

-Steve

[Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]]

Steve,

You can use the static methods on the BitConverter class to convert to
value types (assuming the byte layout is the same).

For strings, you will want to use a class derived from
System.Text.Encoding, and then pass the bytes to the GetString method (based
on what encoding the strings are stored in).

Hope this helps.
--
- Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]
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"SteveK" <as***@asdfasdfsd.com> wrote in message
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I'm trying to write a quick migrate tool to convert our old binary flat DB
to SQL Server. I thought I would use C# and get started with a managed
language. I have found plenty of examples of how to read a binary file
into
an array of bytes, great. But what do I do with it then?

How can I copy n bytes from my data byte[] into the new, managed float
object that I just declared? What am I missing? Any ideas?

Thanks for any help, this is one of those problems that once solved will
open the flood gates of success ;)

-Steve

[SteveK]

Thanks Nicholas,

I have BitConverter working nicely, I will look into the Encoding solution
you suggested.
Thanks again!
Steve
"Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]" <mv*@spam.guard.caspershouse.com> wrote in
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Steve,

You can use the static methods on the BitConverter class to convert to
value types (assuming the byte layout is the same).

For strings, you will want to use a class derived from
System.Text.Encoding, and then pass the bytes to the GetString method (based on what encoding the strings are stored in).

Hope this helps.
--
- Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]
- mv*@spam.guard.caspershouse.com

"SteveK" <as***@asdfasdfsd.com> wrote in message
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I'm trying to write a quick migrate tool to convert our old binary flat DB to SQL Server. I thought I would use C# and get started with a managed
language. I have found plenty of examples of how to read a binary file
into
an array of bytes, great. But what do I do with it then?

How can I copy n bytes from my data byte[] into the new, managed float
object that I just declared? What am I missing? Any ideas?

Thanks for any help, this is one of those problems that once solved will
open the flood gates of success ;)

-Steve

[SteveK]

Why is class Encoding abstract? Seems like the base class has what I
need... confused.
"Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]" <mv*@spam.guard.caspershouse.com> wrote in
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Steve,

You can use the static methods on the BitConverter class to convert to
value types (assuming the byte layout is the same).

For strings, you will want to use a class derived from
System.Text.Encoding, and then pass the bytes to the GetString method (based on what encoding the strings are stored in).

Hope this helps.
--
- Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]
- mv*@spam.guard.caspershouse.com

"SteveK" <as***@asdfasdfsd.com> wrote in message
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I'm trying to write a quick migrate tool to convert our old binary flat DB to SQL Server. I thought I would use C# and get started with a managed
language. I have found plenty of examples of how to read a binary file
into
an array of bytes, great. But what do I do with it then?

How can I copy n bytes from my data byte[] into the new, managed float
object that I just declared? What am I missing? Any ideas?

Thanks for any help, this is one of those problems that once solved will
open the flood gates of success ;)

-Steve

[lukasz]

You create instances of classes derived from Encoding which represent your
encoding:
new UnicodeEncoding().GetString(arr)
new UTF8Encoding().GetString(arr)
and so on

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Why is class Encoding abstract? Seems like the base class has what I
need... confused.
"Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]" <mv*@spam.guard.caspershouse.com> wrote in message news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...

Steve,

You can use the static methods on the BitConverter class to convert to

value types (assuming the byte layout is the same).

For strings, you will want to use a class derived from
System.Text.Encoding, and then pass the bytes to the GetString method (based

on what encoding the strings are stored in).

Hope this helps.
--
- Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]
- mv*@spam.guard.caspershouse.com

"SteveK" <as***@asdfasdfsd.com> wrote in message
news:OW**************@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...

I'm trying to write a quick migrate tool to convert our old binary flat DB to SQL Server. I thought I would use C# and get started with a

managed language. I have found plenty of examples of how to read a binary file into
an array of bytes, great. But what do I do with it then?

How can I copy n bytes from my data byte[] into the new, managed float
object that I just declared? What am I missing? Any ideas?

Thanks for any help, this is one of those problems that once solved will open the flood gates of success ;)

-Steve

[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

lukasz <bb****@op.pl> wrote:

You create instances of classes derived from Encoding which represent your
encoding:
new UnicodeEncoding().GetString(arr)
new UTF8Encoding().GetString(arr)
and so on

Except that usually using the properties on Encoding is nicer:

Encoding.Unicode.GetString(arr);
Encoding.UTF8.GetString(arr);

I only create a new Encoding instance if I need it to have specific
parameters which the version retrieved by the property may not.

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[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

SteveK <as***@asdfasdfsd.com> wrote:

Why is class Encoding abstract? Seems like the base class has what I
need... confused.

See http://www.pobox.com/~skeet/csharp/unicode.html

You might also want to consider using BinaryReader instead of
BitConverter. It may make some things easier for you.

Finally, BitConverter has a problem - it only works with one
endianness, and that can't be set :( I have a library which solves this
problem:
http://www.pobox.com/~skeet/csharp/miscutil

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[SteveK]

Thanks Jon, that is a good thing to have pointed out ;)
I will look into this stuff more...

-SK
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SteveK <as***@asdfasdfsd.com> wrote:

Why is class Encoding abstract? Seems like the base class has what I
need... confused.

See http://www.pobox.com/~skeet/csharp/unicode.html

You might also want to consider using BinaryReader instead of
BitConverter. It may make some things easier for you.

Finally, BitConverter has a problem - it only works with one
endianness, and that can't be set :( I have a library which solves this
problem:
http://www.pobox.com/~skeet/csharp/miscutil

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