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   From: kumjaeyong@hotmail.com   
      
   "Joe Cool"  wrote in message   
   news:18a81576-f3f6-4a12-a5e1-0ddc351e0c5a@w12g2000yqj.googlegroups.com...   
   >I am cross posting this request for help in both the C#,NET and the   
   > SQLServer newsgroups in he hope that some reader of one these   
   > newsgroups can offer some help.   
   >   
   > I am well aware that the image datatype (as well as others) are being   
   > phased out in some future version of SQL Server. For that reason, in   
   > all of my personal C#.NET projects that store images use the   
   > varbinary(max) datatype.   
   >   
   > I am in the process of converting a VB.NET project that I use for   
   > consulting work with a former (and hopefully soon to be repeat)   
   > employer tp C#.NET. When originally designed, their software was based   
   > on SQL7. Currently their software supports SQL2005. One key table in   
   > their database is a table of images and (not sure if it still does)   
   > but legacy databases utilize the image datatype to store images. With   
   > SQL7 I used a SQL command line utility called TEXTCOPY to extract the   
   > binary content of image columns to a JPG file.   
   >   
   > This utility needs to be able to extract these images to external   
   > files even for legacy databases that may still use the image datatype.   
   > But I find that the technique I use to extract images from a   
   > varbinary(max) column doesn't work for image datatypes. And I see that   
   > SQL2005, while it still supports image datatype, the TEXTCOPY utility   
   > is nowhere to be found.   
   >   
   > Any ideas on how to extract image data types from a SQL2005 database   
   > with C#.NET?   
      
   Try like this   
      
       using System.IO;   
       using System.Drawing;   
      
      
       ...............................   
       private PictureBox myPictureBox1;   
       .................................   
      
               DBCon dbcon = new DBCon(); //defined by me   
               dbcon.Open();    //database open   
      
               string sSql = "SELECT [ImageCol] FROM [ImageDataBase] ";   
      
               DataSet ds = dbcon.GetDataSet(sSql);    //Get DataSet   
               dbcon.Close();    //database close   
      
               if (ds != null && ds.Tables.Count>0 )   
               {   
                   byte[] image = (byte[])ds.Tables[0].Rows[0]["ImageCol"];   
                   MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream(image, 0, image.Length);   
                   Bitmap bitmap = new Bitmap(ms);   
                   ms.Close();   
                   ms.Dispose();   
      
                   myPictureBox1.Picture = bitmap;        //show bitmap   
                   myPictureBox1.FitToPictureBox();    //fit image to control   
               }   
      
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