(SQL Server) GZip Tar Extract (.tgz or .tar.gz)

Demonstrates how to extract the contents of a GZip compressed Tar archive (.tgz or .tar.gz).

Chilkat ActiveX Downloads ActiveX for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows

-- Important: See this note about string length limitations for strings returned by sp_OAMethod calls.
--
CREATE PROCEDURE ChilkatSample
AS
BEGIN
    DECLARE @hr int
    -- Important: Do not use nvarchar(max).  See the warning about using nvarchar(max).
    DECLARE @sTmp0 nvarchar(4000)
    -- This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    -- See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    DECLARE @gzip int
    -- Use "Chilkat_9_5_0.Gzip" for versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Gzip', @gzip OUT
    IF @hr <> 0
    BEGIN
        PRINT 'Failed to create ActiveX component'
        RETURN
    END

    -- Ungzip and untar.
    DECLARE @bNoAbsolute int
    SELECT @bNoAbsolute = 1
    DECLARE @untarToDirectory nvarchar(4000)

    SELECT @untarToDirectory = '/temp/test'
    -- bNoAbsolute tells the component to convert all absolute paths
    -- found in the .tar to relative paths.   For example, if the .tar
    -- contains a file with an absolute path such as
    -- "/usr/bin/something.exe" it will
    -- be extracted to "/temp/test/usr/bin/something.exe"
    DECLARE @success int
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @gzip, 'UnTarGz', @success OUT, 'test.tar.gz', @untarToDirectory, @bNoAbsolute
    IF @success <> 1
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @gzip, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @gzip
        RETURN
      END

    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @gzip


END
GO