Converting SQL Server varBinary data into string C#

Question

I need help figuring out how to convert data that comes in from a SQL Server table column that is set as varBinary(max) into a string in or

Answer 1

You need to know what encoding was used to create the binary. Then you can use

System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetString(reader[1]);

And change UTF8 for whatever encoding was used.