How to convert image to byte array

Question

Can anybody suggest how I can convert an image to a byte array and vice versa?

I\'m developing a WPF application and using a stream reader.

Answer 1

This code retrieves first 100 rows from table in SQLSERVER 2012 and saves a picture per row as a file on local disk

 public void SavePicture()
    {
        SqlConnection con = new SqlConnection("Data Source=localhost;Integrated security=true;database=databasename");
        SqlDataAdapter da = new SqlDataAdapter("select top 100 [Name] ,[Picture] From tablename", con);
        SqlCommandBuilder MyCB = new SqlCommandBuilder(da);
        DataSet ds = new DataSet("tablename");
        byte[] MyData = new byte[0];
        da.Fill(ds, "tablename");
        DataTable table = ds.Tables["tablename"];
           for (int i = 0; i < table.Rows.Count;i++ )               
               {
                DataRow myRow;
                myRow = ds.Tables["tablename"].Rows[i];
                MyData = (byte[])myRow["Picture"];
                int ArraySize = new int();
                ArraySize = MyData.GetUpperBound(0);
                FileStream fs = new FileStream(@"C:\NewFolder\" + myRow["Name"].ToString() + ".jpg", FileMode.OpenOrCreate, FileAccess.Write);
                fs.Write(MyData, 0, ArraySize);
                fs.Close();
               }

    }

please note: Directory with NewFolder name should exist in C:\