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Transition from Http.PBinary to Http.HttpBinary

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Provides instructions for replacing deprecated PBinary method calls with HttpBinary.

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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
    DECLARE @iTmp0 int
    -- Important: Do not use nvarchar(max).  See the warning about using nvarchar(max).
    DECLARE @sTmp0 nvarchar(4000)
    DECLARE @success int
    SELECT @success = 0

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

    DECLARE @verb nvarchar(4000)
    SELECT @verb = 'POST'
    DECLARE @url nvarchar(4000)
    SELECT @url = 'https://example.com/'

    DECLARE @contentType nvarchar(4000)
    SELECT @contentType = 'application/octet-stream'

    -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    -- The PBinary method is deprecated:

    DECLARE @responseObj int
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @http, 'PBinary', @responseObj OUT, @verb, @url, @byteData, @contentType, 0, 0
    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @http, 'LastMethodSuccess', @iTmp0 OUT
    IF @iTmp0 = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @http, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @http
        RETURN
      END

    -- ...
    -- ...

    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @responseObj

    -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    -- Do the equivalent using HttpBinary.
    -- Your application creates a new, empty HttpResponse object which is passed 
    -- in the last argument and filled upon success.

    DECLARE @responseOut int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.HttpResponse', @responseOut OUT

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @http, 'HttpBinary', @success OUT, @verb, @url, @byteData, @contentType, @responseOut
    IF @success = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @http, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @http
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @responseOut
        RETURN
      END

    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @http
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @responseOut


END
GO