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Write (Database Engine)

Write writes out a binary representation of SqlHierarchyId to the passed-in BinaryWriter. Write cannot be called by using Transact-SQL. Use CAST or CONVERT instead.

Syntax

void Write(BinaryWriter w)

Arguments

  • w
    A BinaryWriter object to which the binary representation of this hierarchyid node will be written out.

Return Types

**CLR return type:**void

Remarks

Write is used internally by SQL Server when it is necessary, such as when loading data from a hierarchyid column. Write is also called internally when a conversion is done between hierarchyid and varbinary.

Examples

MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream();
BinaryWriter bw = new BinaryWriter(stream);
hid.Write(bw);
byte[] encoding = stream.ToArray();