Picturebox to sql database

Can anybody help me with creating a binary "whatever" from an image (in picturebox or from file don't mind) , then putting that into a mysql database? :S


edit :

i dont mind if its binary or something.. as long as it working :P
:wave:

this is what i have now.....

VB Code:

Dim objStream As Stream = File.Open("c:\handje.gif", FileMode.Open)
        Dim buffer(objStream.Length) As Byte
        Dim x As String
 
        Con = New ADODB.Connection
        Con.Open("driver=MySQL ODBC 3.51 Driver;server=nc2;user=admin;password=sqrl;database=photozone")
        objStream.Read(buffer, 0, objStream.Length) : objStream.Close()
        x = System.Text.ASCIIEncoding.ASCII.GetString(buffer)
        Dim enc As New System.Text.ASCIIEncoding
 
        Con.Execute("INSERT INTO layers (eid,source) VALUES ('1' , '" & x & "')")

/\ it fails at the con.execute.. because of the X value :S

Is the column in the table set to be a BLOB (binary large object)?

tried almost every thing logical...
i tried it with a .gif file.. and it fails at the 6th character or so (as far as Sql errors are clear)....