Store PowerPoint in SQL Server Database

[bepp63]

Does anyone have any experience storing powerpoint to a database? I am
creating a dynamic powerpoint slide show. I am on the fence right now
between storing powerpoint files on the file system vs storing them in
the database. Has anyone ever just stored the powerpoint slides in SQL
Server database? Then use Object Automation (using Visual Basic or
Visual Basic.Net) to retrieve it from the database and show the
presentation based on slides that live in a database. Any ideas would
be greatly appreciated?

FYI - I really can't go out and purchase any 3rd party packages. I
really need to build this technology based on SQL Server database

Thanks

 

[Brian Reilly, MVP]

bepp63,
We have successfully extracted PPT files, text, pictures and slide
previews to an Access database and been able to retrieve them back
into PPT. Has been a while and I gave up on the project because
several 3rd party apps came out at the same time and no one seemed to
be able to define a common set of rules that would make sense.

But it can be done. But not an easy app to write since most database
developers hardly ever work in PPT and vice versa.

Brian Reilly, MVP

 

[ChrisHarrington]

You can certainly store PPT files (or any other files for that matter) in
SQL Server as binary