How do I use BCP or Sql Server Management Studio to get BLOB data our of Sql Server?

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I'm sorry if this question has been asked already, but I couldn't find it anywhere. I have a table that stores files as BLOBS. The column that holds the file is an image datatype. I would like to be able to extract the binary data out of the column and turn it in to an actual file. I would ideally like to be able to do this with BCP or management studio if possible.

I have tried BCP, but for some reason when I try and pull out an office document Word thinks it's corrupt. Here's what I've tried so far (obviously the values have been changed to protect the innocent :):

bcp "select document_binary_data from database where id = 12345" queryout "c:\filename.doc" -n -S server -U username -P password

This isn't working though? Any thoughts?

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