How to store and retrieve images in sql server database through VB.NET

Question

SQL Server supports the ability for clients to store objects within tables.

Create Field that data type Image and Initialize byte array with a null value initially.U

Answer 1

Do a little googling before posting here. Below is the third search result I got for your query. I know how to do this, but not enough patience to do it again. So here is a sample code from TechArena

Function SaveImage _
   (ByVal FileName As String) As Integer

   ' Create a FileInfo instance
   ' to retrieve the files information
   Dim fi As New FileInfo(FileName)

   ' Open the Image file for Read
   Dim imgStream As Stream = _
      fi.OpenRead

   ' Create a Byte array the size
   ' of the image file for the Read
   ' methods buffer() byte array
   Dim imgData(imgStream.Length) As Byte
   imgStream.Read(imgData, 0, fi.Length)

   Dim cn As New SqlConnection _
      (ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings("cn"))
   Dim cmd As New SqlCommand("Images_ins", cn)
   cmd.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure

   With cmd.Parameters
      .Add("@FileName", VarChar, 100).Value = _
         fi.Name
      .Add("@FileType", VarChar, 10).Value = +
         fi.Extension
      .Add("@Image", Image).Value = imgData
      .Add("@FileSize", Int, 4).Value = fi.Length
   End With

   cn.Open()
   cmd.ExecuteNonQuery()
   cn.Close()
   cn.Dispose()
End Function