[RESOLVED] Load image from SQL server

Dear all,
I'm saving an image into an MyExpress SQL database in the following way:

Code:

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Dim cmdSchiera As SqlCommand
            Dim insertSchiera As String = String.Empty

            Dim dbsourceSchiera As String = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings("CTO_Management_ConnectionString").ConnectionString
            Dim connSchiera = New SqlConnection(dbsourceSchiera)

            cmdSchiera = New SqlCommand
            cmdSchiera.Connection = connSchiera
            connSchiera.Open()

            insertSchiera = "INSERT INTO Tbl_CTOSchieramento (Codice_partita, Schieramento) VALUES(@CodParSchiera,@Pitch)"

            cmdSchiera.CommandType = CommandType.Text
            cmdSchiera.CommandText = insertSchiera

            cmdSchiera.Parameters.Clear()
            Dim codiceSchiera As String = ""
            codiceSchiera = TxtPSquadraC.Text.Trim + TxtPSquadraT.Text.Trim + CmbPLeva.Text.Trim + TxtPNOsservatore.Text.Trim + TxtPCOsservatore.Text.Trim + DtPckrPDatapartita.Value.ToShortDateString

            cmdSchiera.Parameters.Add("@CodParSchiera", SqlDbType.NChar).Value = codiceP
            Dim ms As New MemoryStream()
            PctSchieramento.Image.Save(ms, Imaging.ImageFormat.Jpeg)
            Dim data As Byte() = ms.GetBuffer()
            Dim p As New SqlParameter("@Pitch", SqlDbType.Image)
            p.Value = data
            cmdSchiera.Parameters.Add(p)
            cmdSchiera.ExecuteNonQuery()


            connSchiera.Close()

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Then I'm trying to recall it into another form with the following code:

Code:

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cmdSchiera.CommandText = "SELECT Schieramento FROM Tbl_CTOSchieramento WHERE Codice_partita = @CodParSP"
            cmdSchiera.Parameters.Add("@CodParSP", SqlDbType.NChar).Value = codicepartitaDettagli
            cmdSchiera.Connection = New SqlConnection(connSPstring)
            cmdSchiera.Connection.Open()


 Dim dataSchieraGP As New System.Data.DataTable
            Dim adapterSchiera As New SqlDataAdapter
            adapterSchiera = New SqlDataAdapter(cmdSchiera)
            Dim commandSchiera As New SqlCommandBuilder(adapterSchiera)
            adapterSchiera.Fill(dataSchieraGP)

            If dataSchieraGP.Rows.Count > 0 Then

                Dim picbyteSchiera() As Byte = dataSchieraGP.Rows(0).Item("Schieramento")
                Dim picSchiera As New System.IO.MemoryStream(picbyteSchiera)
                PartiteDataDisplay.PctDPSchiera.BackgroundImage = Image.FromStream(picSchiera)
                PartiteDataDisplay.PctDPSchiera.BackgroundImageLayout = ImageLayout.Stretch

            End If

            adapterSchiera.Dispose()
            cmdSchiera.Dispose()
            cmdSchiera.Connection.Close()

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Now, the image is properly retrieved according to the selection parameters, it is shown, but not in a stretch mode - it is enlarged and then shelled.

How can I fix it? Please consider also that the two pictureboxes - the one from which the picture is saved and the second one in which it is supposed to be shown - have the same size.

Thanks,
A.

Firstly, you ought to be calling ToArray rather than GetBuffer. As for the issue, does this really have anything to do with the database? If you save the image that you retrieved to a file and then view that in an external application, does it look as you expect? If so then the whole database stuff is irrelevant and the issue is simply how you're displaying the Image at the end.

Dear jmcilhinney,
first of all I changed the statement you indicated writing "ToArray" - thanks a lot.

I then added a piece of code through which the image is opened in Paint by clicking on it.
Opening the image on Paint, I realized that only a portion of it was saved to the db. This way, I realized that in a piece of code, before saving the image, I was selecting it using the width of another picturebox rather than the one in which the image is being set.
Using the right width, everything works fine.

Thanks again for the reply and the suggestion,
A.