Storing Images in database

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Can I directly store images in a database.

I don't want to insert it from code.

Is it possible ?

Posted 13-Jun-11 20:18pm

Anjali Reddy

Updated 13-Jun-11 21:13pm

Dalek Dave

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Dalek Dave 14-Jun-11 3:15am

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Uday P.Singh · Answer 1 · 2011-06-13T20:30:00

you can do this way:

SQL

CREATE TABLE myTable(Document varbinary(max))
INSERT INTO myTable(Document)
SELECT * FROM
OPENROWSET(BULK N'C:\Image1.jpg', SINGLE_BLOB)

if you want to insert multiple images do something like this:

SQL

DECLARE @imgString varchar(80)
DECLARE @insertString varchar(3000)

SET @imgNumber = 1
WHILE @imgNumber &amp;lt; 101
BEGIN
SET @imgString = 'E:\images\Picture' + CONVERT(varchar,@imgNumber) + '.jpg'
SET @insertString = N'INSERT INTO images(imageData)
SELECT * FROM OPENROWSET(BULK N''' + @imgString + ''', SINGLE_BLOB) as tempImg'
EXEC(@insertString)
SET @imgNumber = @imgNumber + 1
END
GO

hope this helps :)

Ciumac Sergiu · Answer 2 · 2011-06-13T20:44:00

Solution 2

Hi,
storing an image in a database is done by reading it as a binary data, and then saving it into the BLOB structure. You can find lots of examples on the web regarding this topic:
E.g.
Store and save image[^]
Store or Save images in SQL Server[^]
Images and SQL Server[^]
Regards

Posted 13-Jun-11 20:44pm

Ciumac Sergiu

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Dalek Dave 14-Jun-11 3:15am

Good Call.

Sandeep Mewara · Answer 3 · 2011-06-14T00:00:00

Solution 3

Just an addition to others: C# Photo Album Viewer[^]

Posted 14-Jun-11 0:00am

Sandeep Mewara