[2005] Store and Retrieve Images w/ Stored Procedure

Please help me how to store and retrieve images in a picture box avoiding creating a temporary image file.

Thanks.

I am using the following code and it works fine. You can store and retrieve images into a database using a storedprocedure just as you would do with any other kind of field, but you gotta transform the images into byte arrays within your code.

Retrieve from database (dsrow is the datarow containing the image and Image is the field in that row)

Code:

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        ' Photo
        Dim MyByteArray() As Byte
        MyByteArray = dsrow.Item("Image")
        If MyByteArray.Length > 0 Then
            Dim myStream As MemoryStream = New MemoryStream(MyByteArray, True)
            myStream.Write(MyByteArray, 0, MyByteArray.Length)
            MyPictureBox.Image = New Bitmap(myStream)
            myStream.Close()
        Else
            MyPictureBox.Image = Nothing
        End If

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Store in Database (dlgOpen is an open file dialog control):

Code:

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        MyByteArray = LoadNewImage(dlgOpen.FileName)
        If MyByteArray.Length > 0 Then
            '' Create new MemoryStream and write the byte array info into the stream
            Dim myStream As MemoryStream = New MemoryStream(MyByteArray, True)
            myStream.Write(MyByteArray, 0, MyByteArray.Length)
            '' Create new bitmap
            MyPictureBox.Image = New Bitmap(myStream)
            myStream.Close()
        End If
        dsrow.Item("Image")=MyByteArray

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Finally, the function to load new images into your picturebox:

Code:

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  Public Function LoadNewImage(ByVal MyFileName As String) As Byte()
        ' make sure the file is JPEG or GIF
        Dim testFile As System.IO.FileInfo = New System.IO.FileInfo(MyFileName)
        If Not String.Compare(testFile.Extension, ".GIF", True) = 0 _
        And Not String.Compare(testFile.Extension, ".JPG", True) = 0 _
        And Not String.Compare(testFile.Extension, ".JPEG", True) = 0 _
        And Not String.Compare(testFile.Extension, ".BMP", True) = 0 Then
            MessageBox.Show("You have selected a non supported format." & vbCrLf & _
                    "Please, select a JPG, GIF or BMP image.", "Load Image")
            Return Nothing
        End If
        '' Create a new stream to load this photo into
        Dim myStream As FileStream = New FileStream(MyFileName, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read)
        '' Create a buffer to hold the stream of bytes
        Dim myImageBuffer(myStream.Length) As Byte
        '' Read the bytes from this stream and put it into the image buffer
        myStream.Read(myImageBuffer, 0, Convert.ToInt32(myStream.Length))
        '' Close the stream
        myStream.Close()
        Return myImageBuffer
    End Function

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Thanks.
We'll try.