Convert SQL binary data to string in C #

Question

Does anyone have sample code for converting from binary data to a string in C #?

Answer 1

It sounds like you just need to decode binary data. So you need an encoding (e.g. utf-8 or unicode).

Example:

var textFromBinary = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetString(myBinaryData);

Answer 2

If your binary data is stored in an array byteand you want to convert it to Base64 encoding, you can use the Convert.ToBase64Stringmethod:

var base64String = Convert.ToBase64String(yourBinaryDataHere);