(SQL Server) Compress a String and Save as a Gzip File

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This example demonstrates how to use the CompressStringToFile method to compress a string and write the result directly to a Gzip (.gz) file.

The input string is first converted to its byte representation using the specified character set (in this case, UTF-8). The resulting bytes are then compressed using the Gzip format, and the compressed output is written directly to the specified file.

This method is convenient when you want to generate a compressed file from in-memory text without needing intermediate objects such as BinData or StringBuilder.

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-- Important: See this note about string length limitations for strings returned by sp_OAMethod calls.
--
CREATE PROCEDURE ChilkatSample
AS
BEGIN
    DECLARE @hr int
    -- Important: Do not use nvarchar(max).  See the warning about using nvarchar(max).
    DECLARE @sTmp0 nvarchar(4000)
    DECLARE @success int
    SELECT @success = 0

    -- This example demonstrates how to compress a string and save the result
    -- directly to a Gzip (.gz) file.

    DECLARE @gzip int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Gzip', @gzip OUT
    IF @hr <> 0
    BEGIN
        PRINT 'Failed to create ActiveX component'
        RETURN
    END

    -- The string to be compressed:
    DECLARE @inputStr nvarchar(4000)
    SELECT @inputStr = 'The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.'

    -- Compress the string using UTF-8 and write to a file:
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @gzip, 'CompressStringToFile', @success OUT, @inputStr, 'utf-8', 'output.gz'
    IF @success = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @gzip, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @gzip
        RETURN
      END


    PRINT 'Compression successful.'

    PRINT 'Gzip file written to output.gz'

    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @gzip


END
GO