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c#asp.netsql-serverimage
Liu Jia Hui
Liu Jia Hui

Reputation: 231

How to retrieve binary image from database using C# in ASP.NET

I need to retrieve a binary image from the database.

My queries are as below.

SqlConnection con = new SqlConnection(@"Data Source=localhost;Initial Catalog=MyGames;Integrated Security=True");
SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand("Select blueBallImage from CorrespondingBall WHERE objective = Default Ball", con);

I do not know how to retrieve blueBallImage which is a binary image.

After I have retrieve it successfully, I need to add a text onto the image using a dropdownlist which contain the text. The codes are as below.

Bitmap bmp = new Bitmap(@"C:\Users\apr13mpsip\Documents\Visual Studio 2012\WebSites\CorrespondingBallWebSite\Images\blueBallDefault.png");

For the time being, I do not know how to retrieve the image. Therefore, I hard coded it which I do not want. I want to retrieve it from database.

Graphics gra = Graphics.FromImage(bmp);

gra.DrawString(ddlCharacter.Text, new Font("Verdana", 18), Brushes.Black, new PointF(4, 6));

MemoryStream ms1 = new MemoryStream();
bmp.Save(ms1, ImageFormat.Png);
var base64Data = Convert.ToBase64String(ms1.ToArray());
imgImage.ImageUrl = "data:image/png;base64," + base64Data;

Upvotes: 3

Views: 58917

Answers (2)

Mehdi Bugnard
Mehdi Bugnard

Reputation: 3979

Here is a basic sample to load an image from database quickly and load into a html image source in ASP. Please tell me if it works for you ;-)

//Get byte array from image file in the database with basic query
SqlDataAdapter myAdapter1 = new SqlDataAdapter("Select [logo] FROM [dbo].[tblCompanyInfo]", GlobalUser.currentConnectionString);
DataTable dt = new DataTable();
myAdapter1.Fill(dt);

foreach (DataRow row in dt.Rows)
{
    // Get the byte array from image file
    byte[] imgBytes = (byte[]) row["logo"];

    // If you want convert to a bitmap file
    TypeConverter tc = TypeDescriptor.GetConverter(typeof(Bitmap));
    Bitmap MyBitmap = (Bitmap)tc.ConvertFrom(imgBytes);

    string imgString = Convert.ToBase64String(imgBytes);
    //Set the source with data:image/bmp
    imgLogoCompany.Src = String.Format("data:image/Bmp;base64,{0}\"", imgString);
}

Upvotes: 6

Sain Pradeep
Sain Pradeep

Reputation: 3125

you need to made an ASP.NET handler (*.ASHX) that serves the bytes of the image 

<img src="ImageHandler.ashx?id=<%=id%>" />

In image handler you need to code like this

public class ImageHandler : IHttpHandler
{
    public void ProcessRequest(HttpContext context)
    {
        // Load the image (see previous code sample)
        byte[] data = Convert.FromBase64String(encodedString);

        // Display the image
        context.Response.OutputStream.Write(data, 0, data.Length);
        context.Response.ContentType = "image/JPEG";
    }
}

please refer this for more info Image from Database

Upvotes: 0

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