INSERTING IMAGE TO DATABASE TABLE

Question

please suggest me the simplest code of image insertion in the database table.

Answer 1

this is an example:>
public static void AddEmployee(
string lastName,
string firstName,
string title,
DateTime hireDate,
int reportsTo,
string photoFilePath,
string connectionString)
byte[] photo = GetPhoto(photoFilePath);
using (SqlConnection connection = new SqlConnection(
connectionString))
SqlCommand command = new SqlCommand(
"INSERT INTO Employees (LastName, FirstName, " +
"Title, HireDate, ReportsTo, Photo) " +
"Values(@LastName, @FirstName, @Title, " +
"@HireDate, @ReportsTo, @Photo)", connection);
command.Parameters.Add("@LastName",
SqlDbType.NVarChar, 20).Value = lastName;
command.Parameters.Add("@FirstName",
SqlDbType.NVarChar, 10).Value = firstName;
command.Parameters.Add("@Title",
SqlDbType.NVarChar, 30).Value = title;
command.Parameters.Add("@HireDate",
SqlDbType.DateTime).Value = hireDate;
command.Parameters.Add("@ReportsTo",
SqlDbType.Int).Value = reportsTo;
command.Parameters.Add("@Photo",
SqlDbType.Image, photo.Length).Value = photo;
connection.Open();
command.ExecuteNonQuery();
public static byte[] GetPhoto(string filePath)
FileStream stream = new FileStream(
filePath, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read);
BinaryReader reader = new BinaryReader(stream);
byte[] photo = reader.ReadBytes((int)stream.Length);
reader.Close();
stream.Close();
return photo;
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