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I have a parameters that contain 6 or more number and can be input with textbox
so for each parameter, put the numbers in a arraylist
like this:
Dim a As New ArrayList
a.Add(Val(B1_Left.Text))
a.Add(Val(B1_Down.Text))
a.Add(Val(B1_Right.Text))
a.Add(Val(BB1_Left.Text))
a.Add(Val(BB1_Down.Text))
a.Add(Val(BB11_Right.Text))
so for each record i have an arraylist parameter that should be insert the row of one column. Which column type should i apply in sql server table to store a vb.net arraylist?
my vb.net code for insert to database:
Dim DBConnection As New SqlConnection(My.Settings.CS)
Dim DBCommand As New SqlCommand
Dim _PID As Integer
Dim _Date As Date
Dim _txt As String
Dim _B1 As ArrayList = a.clone
DBCommand.Connection = DBConnection
DBCommand.CommandText = "insert into TOM_ShaftFix " &
" ( PID, [Date], txt, B1) " &
" VALUES(#PID,#Date,#txt,#B1)"
DBCommand.Parameters.AddWithValue("#pid", _PID)
DBCommand.Parameters.AddWithValue("#Date", _Date)
DBCommand.Parameters.AddWithValue("#txt", _txt)
DBCommand.Parameters.AddWithValue("#B1", _B1)
DBConnection.Open()
DBCommand.ExecuteNonQuery()
DBConnection.Close()

Answer 1

Depending on the version of SQL Server you could store the data as JSON.
In SQL 2016 it is supported natively, alternativelly you could store it as XML.
declare #country nvarchar(max) = '{
"id" : 101,
"name": "United States",
"continent": "North America"
}';
INSERT INTO Countries
SELECT * FROM OPENJSON(#country)
WITH (id int,
name nvarchar(100),
continent nvarchar(100))
MSDN
Depending on the type you could simply store it as comma seperated values.
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