Loading images stored in an SQL database to an image box

Loading images stored in an SQL database to an image box

How can I reload the image stored in an SQL database (image data type) to an image box in ASP.NET?

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Well, this depends on how it was stored, but in general you move the database field value to a byte array. Then you convert the byte array to an image and set the image property of the image box.

This was first published in October 2004

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