SQL Server Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

Get ZIP Directory Information as XML

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This example demonstrates how to use the GetDirectoryAsXML method to retrieve information about the contents of a ZIP archive as an XML document.

The returned XML describes the files currently contained in the ZIP object

SQL Server

-- Important: See this note about string length limitations for strings returned by sp_OAMethod calls.
--
CREATE PROCEDURE ChilkatSample
AS
BEGIN
    DECLARE @hr int
    DECLARE @sTmp0 nvarchar(4000)
    DECLARE @success int
    SELECT @success = 0

    --  Open an existing ZIP archive.
    DECLARE @zip int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Zip', @zip OUT
    IF @hr <> 0
    BEGIN
        PRINT 'Failed to create ActiveX component'
        RETURN
    END

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @zip, 'OpenZip', @success OUT, 'example.zip'
    IF @success = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @zip, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @zip
        RETURN
      END

    --  Get the ZIP directory information as XML.
    DECLARE @xml nvarchar(4000)
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @zip, 'GetDirectoryAsXML', @xml OUT


    PRINT @xml

    --  Suppose the ZIP contains:

    --  data/config/settings.json
    --  docs/readme.txt
    --  images/logo.png

    --  The XML contains one element for each ZIP entry.
    --  Example:
    --  
    --  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
    --  <zip_contents>
    --      <dir name="data">
    --          <dir name="config">
    --              <file>settings.json</file>
    --          </dir>
    --      </dir>
    --      <dir name="docs">
    --          <file>readme.txt</file>
    --      </dir>
    --      <dir name="images">
    --          <file>logo.png</file>
    --      </dir>
    --  </zip_contents>

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @zip, 'CloseZip', NULL


    PRINT 'Done.'

    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @zip


END
GO