Export database contents with embedded images

Export database contents with embedded images

Export database contents with embedded images : Multi-thousand tips to make your life easier.

Most people rely on database software to organize, store, and manage important information for their businesses or even for personal use. Common database software includes Oracle, Microsoft Access, Lotus Approach, Sybase, and Microsoft SQL. If you use a database, you might find that the software you are using has its limits. Some software cannot export embedded images to another format. You may have asked software companies about this, but most of them answer that the database export tools are still being developed. But don’t throw a fit just yet. You need to export all data, including the images from the database, to another format—but how? A solution is the SQL Image Viewer. This tool is downloadable from the Internet at Brothersoft. However, this tool is shareware; you may use the trial version for a limited time. So how will you use it? Here’s how with SQL Image Viewer.

1. Open the SQL Editor. Load an SQL script in the editor tab. You can enter it manually or click the “load script” button on the toolbar. Once you complete the scripts, click the “execute” button or press F5. If there are no errors in the script, the run will execute smoothly; otherwise, you have to double-check your script. Once it is executed and does not contain any syntax errors, the results tab will open.
2. View and/or edit the images in the Results tab. You can view thumbnails of the images in three layouts: thumbnail, tiled, and filmstrip. However you want to view the images does not affect the functionality of the tool. This tool supports most image formats such as BMP, GIF, JPEG, PNG, TIFF, and PSD (Photoshop file). You can also edit your images in this tool. You can adjust their brightness, contrast, rotation, and color. Before you export your image, you can be sure that it does not need to be edited anymore. This is one of the SQL Image Viewer’s useful features.
3. Export your images to your disk. You can first view the images individually by clicking on them. The image will open in a larger view with all its information on the left side of the screen. You can then choose which images you want to export. After the selection, right-click to “save image” and save it to disk. Aside from embedded images, you can also view its binary data, or you can switch the interface into a text view by clicking the button “Results in Text.”

It is actually very helpful to use the SQL Image Viewer because it works with almost all database software. It enables you to retrieve, view, convert, and export images stored in databases like Oracle, MySQL, Firebird, and other ODBC-supported databases (Open Database Connectivity). If your own database software allows exporting data, tables, and database schema (for Oracle software) but limits your freedom to export images, the SQL Image Viewer offers you that solution. With this kind of tool developed for database software, you feel almost limitless.