[RESOLVED] [2005] looping through files and importing

Ok I think I am close but am doing something wrong... Basically I have a directory of images that I am trying to import into a SQL table via Stored Proc... Getting the error:

No mapping exists from object type System.IO.FileStream to a known managed provider native type.

vb Code:

Dim stFileDir As String = "U:\styleimages"
        Dim cmd As New SqlCommand
 
        conn.Open()
        With cmd
            .Connection = conn
            .CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure
            .CommandText = "InsertStyleImage"
            For Each FileName As String In Directory.GetFiles(stFileDir) 
                Dim MyFileInfo As New FileInfo(FileName)
                .Parameters.Clear()
                .Parameters.AddWithValue("@ImageName", MyFileInfo.Name)
                .Parameters.AddWithValue("@ImageData", MyFileInfo.OpenRead)
                .Parameters.AddWithValue("@ImageSize", MyFileInfo.Length)
                .Parameters.AddWithValue("@ImageType", MyFileInfo.GetType)
                .Parameters.AddWithValue("@StyleNo", " ")
                .ExecuteNonQuery()
            Next
            MsgBox("Done!")
        End With
        conn.Close()
 
    End Sub

I am guessing it is in MyFileInfo.OpenRead but not sure what I should use.

Take a look at JMC's code on saving an image into a database field:

http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.p...ighlight=image

thanks.... but I would think I could stick to this format and treat it as any type of file... What it if it wasn't a image?

As long as you get it into a memory stream, JMC's method will work for any file type, just when you extract it out, you have to know what it is.

wondering if this will do

Code:

---

.Parameters.AddWithValue("@ImageData", New IO.BinaryReader(MyFileInfo.OpenRead).ReadBytes(MyFileInfo.OpenRead.Length))

---