Display image from database in ASP.net with C#

Question

I know this kind of question has been asked many times. Yet I don\'t succeed in displaying an image from my db on a page.

I tried the following method.

Answer 1

There's an error in your path reference...

ImageUrl="/~givememypicture.aspx?pic=3"

should be:

ImageUrl="~/givememypicture.aspx?pic=3"

~ is shorthand for "the application root" and needs to be followed by a slash to indicate that it's a directory. Think of it as similar to other path shorthand notations such as . and ...