If SQL Server then the path is relative to the server and the permissions will depend on who the statement is executing as.
-- Regards, noonie On 27 June 2010 14:32, Greg Keogh <g...@mira.net> wrote: > Who’s working on Sunday? ... I’m trying some sample code that is supposed > to bulk load a file into a varbinary column of a table. My statement is > this: > > > > UPDATE TestTable set [Icon] = (SELECT * FROM OPENROWSET(BULK > 'E:\icons\SM\accicons04.ico', SINGLE_BLOB) AS x ) WHERE [Name]='Foo' > > > > But I get this: > > > > Cannot bulk load because the file "E:\icons\SM\accicons04.ico" could not be > opened. Operating system error code 3(The system cannot find the path > specified.). > > > > I get a “not found” on every file I try anywhere, so I guess I’m missing > some security related trick. Anyone know how to do this? > > > > Cheers, > > Greg > > >