Binary and ASCII FTP Transfer Modes

The SetTypeBinary() and SetTypeAscii() method can be called to change the current transfer mode. The default transfer mode is binary. Once SetTypeAscii() or SetTypeBinary() is called, all subsequent transfers will occur in that mode.

Download Chilkat FTP2 ActiveX

CREATE PROCEDURE ChilkatSample
AS
BEGIN
    DECLARE @hr int
    DECLARE @sTmp0 nvarchar(4000)
    DECLARE @ftp int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Ftp2', @ftp OUT
    IF @hr <> 0
    BEGIN
        PRINT 'Failed to create ActiveX component'
        RETURN
    END

    DECLARE @success int

    --  Any string unlocks the component for the 1st 30-days.
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @ftp, 'UnlockComponent', @success OUT, 'Anything for 30-day trial'
    IF @success <> 1
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @ftp, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        RETURN
      END

    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @ftp, 'Hostname', 'ftp.secureftp-test.com'
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @ftp, 'Username', 'test'
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @ftp, 'Password', 'test'

    --  Connect and login to the FTP server.
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @ftp, 'Connect', @success OUT
    IF @success <> 1
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @ftp, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        RETURN
      END

    --  Set the transfer mode to ASCII
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @ftp, 'SetTypeAscii', @success OUT
    IF @success <> 1
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @ftp, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        RETURN
      END

    --  Change to the remote directory where the file will be uploaded.
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @ftp, 'ChangeRemoteDir', @success OUT, 'junk'
    IF @success <> 1
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @ftp, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        RETURN
      END

    --  Upload a file.
    DECLARE @localFilename nvarchar(4000)

    SELECT @localFilename = 'hamlet.xml'
    DECLARE @remoteFilename nvarchar(4000)

    SELECT @remoteFilename = 'hamlet.xml'

    --  Turn on session logging for the upload:
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @ftp, 'KeepSessionLog', 1

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @ftp, 'PutFile', @success OUT, @localFilename, @remoteFilename
    IF @success <> 1
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @ftp, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        RETURN
      END

    --  View the session log.  You can verify visually that
    --  the transfer was in ascii mode.
    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @ftp, 'SessionLog', @sTmp0 OUT

    PRINT @sTmp0

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @ftp, 'Disconnect', NULL

    PRINT 'File Uploaded!'
END
GO