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//Get a file and save as blob to a db
            //Upload from file .png
            string lFileName = @"C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\welcome.png";
            Image lOriginalImage = Image.FromFile(lFileName);
            //ImageFormatConverter lConv = new ImageFormatConverter(); //Use to convert to different formats
            MemoryStream lMs = new MemoryStream();
            lOriginalImage.Save(lMs, ImageFormat.Png);
            Byte[] lBuffer = lMs.GetBuffer();
            lMs.Close();
            SqlConnection lConn = new SqlConnection(fConn);

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/// <summary>
/// Performs a deep compare of an object to another of the same type. 
/// Each property will be compared only if it is primitive, string, or date. 
/// Otherwise DeepCompare is recursviely called on the two values for the the properties.
/// Only public properties that are declared on the concrete type given are compared 
/// (ie BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.DeclaredOnly).
/// </summary>
/// <param name="thisValue">the instance of the object that DeepCompare was invoked on</param>
/// <param name="compareTo">the object to compare <see cref="thisValue"/> with</param>
/// <returns>true if they are deemed to be equal, otherwise false.</returns>

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///<summary>Deserialise an xml file into a type instance with event
///validation using lambda expressions.
///</summary>
        public static void ReadFromTestDataXmlFile() {
            // Read serialised metadata describing the service and methods to call
            var serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(TestJobList));
            var stream = new FileStream("TestData.xml", FileMode.Open);
            var reader = XmlReader.Create(stream);
            var events = new XmlDeserializationEvents() {
                OnUnknownAttribute = (o, e) => Logger.Log("Unknown attribute found {0}, line {1} at char {2}", 

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    /// <summary>
    /// An extension class for XElement. Compare to XElements for equality.
    /// </summary>
    public static class XElementExtension {
        /// <summary>
        /// Compares two elements and their descendants contain the same elements and those elements have the same value. Useful for verifying deserialisation. xml attributes are ignored.
        /// Order of siblings is also ignored.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="thisValue">The instance of XElement</param>
        /// <param name="compareTo">the XElement to compare</param>

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///<summary>Generic method sample signature with restrictions</summary>
private static T GetTestDataInstance<T>() where T : class, new() {
    var root = GetTestDataInstance(typeof(T));
    return root as T;
}

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        ///<summary>Upload a file using the Asp.Net 2.0 Upload control.
        ///Requires a button to which this handler responds to Onclick.
        ///</summary>
        protected void UploadBtn_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) {
            try {
                if (FileUpload1.HasFile) {
                    bool failure = false;

                    if (!FileUpload1.FileName.ToLowerInvariant().EndsWith(".xml")) {
                        failure = true;

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App.Config
<system.diagnostics>
	<switches>
		<add name="TraceLoggerOn" value="0" />
	</switches>
	<trace autoflush="true" indentsize="4">
		<listeners>
			<add name="myListener" type="System.Diagnostics.TextWriterTraceListener" initializeData="D:\Logs\TraceLogger.log" traceOutputOptions="DateTime, ThreadId" >
				<filter type="System.Diagnostics.EventTypeFilter" initializeData="Information" />
			</add>