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Receive an Exact Number of Bytes as Encoded Text

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Demonstrates Socket.ReceiveNBytesENC, which receives exactly the requested number of bytes and returns them encoded using a named encoding. It waits until the full count is received.

Background. Inactivity is controlled by MaxReadIdleMs: the call fails if incoming bytes halt for longer than MaxReadIdleMs milliseconds before the full amount is received. The ENC methods move raw binary data to and from printable text using a named encoding such as base64 or hex.

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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
    DECLARE @sTmp0 nvarchar(4000)
    DECLARE @success int
    SELECT @success = 0

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

    --  Connect to the server using TLS.
    DECLARE @bTls int
    SELECT @bTls = 1
    DECLARE @maxWaitMs int
    SELECT @maxWaitMs = 5000
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @socket, 'Connect', @success OUT, 'example.com', 5000, @bTls, @maxWaitMs
    IF @success = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @socket, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @socket
        RETURN
      END

    --  MaxReadIdleMs controls the inactivity limit for receiving.  The ReceiveNBytesENC call will fail if
    --  incoming bytes halt for longer than this many milliseconds before the full amount is received.
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @socket, 'MaxReadIdleMs', 15000

    --  Receive exactly the requested number of bytes and return them encoded using the named encoding.
    --  Unlike ReceiveBytesENC, this waits until the full count has been received.
    DECLARE @hex nvarchar(4000)
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @socket, 'ReceiveNBytesENC', @hex OUT, 16, 'hex'
    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @socket, 'LastMethodSuccess', @iTmp0 OUT
    IF @iTmp0 = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @socket, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @socket
        RETURN
      END

    PRINT @hex

    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @socket


END
GO