File transfer binary

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Based on the message, the problem might be that the excel file has a very long record length but the dataset you are trying to drop it into has a shorter record length i. Try increasing the record length to something really big e. What would be a suitable size to use instead of or is that the best option? I still just guessing, but 3M is larger than the legal block size, you may have to resort to spanned records.

Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. Off the cuff Give this suggestion a shot and if it still doesn't fly let me know. Improve this answer. MikeC MikeC 2 2 gold badges 4 4 silver badges 9 9 bronze badges. If it is a text file, you use ascii mode.

Horses for courses. Use the right mode for the right job. One big problem that is not mentioned, is the fact that some versions of ftp do binary by default and others do ascii by default. No Account? Sign up. By signing in, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.

Already have an account? Sign in. By signing up, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Enter the email address associated with your account. We'll send a magic link to your inbox. Email Address. The valid range for x is from 0 to filestream. See also downloading files. The following example creates a text file on-the-fly and uses the POST method to send the "file" to the server.

This example uses plain text, but you can imagine the data being a binary file instead. This is building a byte array of 8-bit integers and sending it; you can use any binary data you'd like, of course. Add information about other browsers' support here.