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Uploading Images to a Database - Full Source Code

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Image SQL

CREATE TABLE [dbo].[image] (
    [img_pk] [int] IDENTITY (1, 1) NOT NULL ,
    [img_name] [varchar] (50) NULL ,
    [img_data] [image] NULL ,
    [img_contenttype] [varchar] (50) NULL
) ON [PRIMARY] TEXTIMAGE_ON [PRIMARY]
GO

ALTER TABLE [dbo].[image] WITH NOCHECK ADD
CONSTRAINT [PK_image] PRIMARY KEY NONCLUSTERED
(
    [img_pk]
) ON [PRIMARY] GO

UploadImage.aspx

<%@ Page language="c#" Src="UploadImage.aspx.cs" Inherits="DBImages.UploadImage" %>
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" >
<HTML>
<HEAD>
</HEAD>
<body bgcolor=#ffffff>
<form enctype="multipart/form-data" runat=server id=form1 name=form1>
<h3>The ASPFree Friendly Image Uploader</h3>
Enter A Friendly Name<input type=text id=txtImgName runat="server" >
<asp:RequiredFieldValidator id=RequiredFieldValidator1 runat="server" ErrorMessage="Required" ControlToValidate="txtImgName"></asp:RequiredFieldValidator>
<br>Select File To Upload:
<input id="UploadFile" type=file runat=server>
<asp:button id=UploadBtn Text="Upload Me!" OnClick="UploadBtn_Click" runat="server"></asp:button>
</form>

</body>
</HTML>

UploadImage.aspx.cs (codebehind file)

using System;
using System.Configuration;
using System.Collections;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Data.SqlClient;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Web;
using System.IO;
using System.Web.SessionState;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls;
namespace DBImages
{
    public class UploadImage : System.Web.UI.Page
    {
        protected System.Web.UI.WebControls.Button UploadBtn;
        protected System.Web.UI.WebControls.RequiredFieldValidator RequiredFieldValidator1;
        protected System.Web.UI.HtmlControls.HtmlInputText txtImgName;
        protected System.Web.UI.HtmlControls.HtmlInputFile UploadFile;
        public UploadImage() { }
        private void Page_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e){ }
        public void UploadBtn_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
        {
            if (Page.IsValid) //save the image
            {
                Stream imgStream = UploadFile.PostedFile.InputStream;
                int imgLen = UploadFile.PostedFile.ContentLength;
                string imgContentType = UploadFile.PostedFile.ContentType;
                string imgName = txtImgName.Value;
                byte[] imgBinaryData = new byte[imgLen];
                int n = imgStream.Read(imgBinaryData,0,imgLen);
                int RowsAffected = SaveToDB( imgName, imgBinaryData,imgContentType);
                if ( RowsAffected>0 )
                {
                    Response.Write("<BR>The Image was saved");
                }
                else
                {
                    Response.Write("<BR>An error occurred uploading the image");
                }
            }
        }

        private int SaveToDB(string imgName, byte[] imgbin, string imgcontenttype)
        {
            //use the web.config to store the connection string
            SqlConnection connection = new SqlConnection(ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings["DSN"]);
            SqlCommand command = new SqlCommand( "INSERT INTO Image (img_name,img_data,img_contenttype) VALUES ( @img_name, @img_data,@img_contenttype )", connection );
            SqlParameter param0 = new SqlParameter( "@img_name", SqlDbType.VarChar,50 );
            param0.Value = imgName;
            command.Parameters.Add( param0 );
            SqlParameter param1 = new SqlParameter( "@img_data", SqlDbType.Image );
            param1.Value = imgbin;
            command.Parameters.Add( param1 );
            SqlParameter param2 = new SqlParameter( "@img_contenttype", SqlDbType.VarChar,50 );
            param2.Value = imgcontenttype;
            command.Parameters.Add( param2 );
            connection.Open();
            int numRowsAffected = command.ExecuteNonQuery();
            connection.Close();
            return numRowsAffected;
        }
    }
}

Web.Config

<configuration>
    <appSettings>
            <add key="DSN" value="server=localhost;uid=sa;pwd=;Database=aspfree"/>
    </appSettings>
    <system.web>
            <customErrors mode="Off" />
    </system.web>
</configuration>

Comments

  • Re: [3905] Uploading Images to a Database

    Posted by KingNetSurfer on 15 Jun 2006

    This may sound weird but I think I'm the only one not having perfect success with this.

    I'm getting a System.NullReferenceExc...

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    Posted by zioturo on 02 Nov 2005

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  • Uploading

    Posted by harshguglani on 03 Sep 2005

    Hi, Whts the benifit of uploading images in database server when i can place images on web server in my directory and accesss them. Reply soon.

  • enctype?

    Posted by LesBillBell on 02 Aug 2005

    The explanatory text says "The first interesting point about our webform, is the attribute "enctype". Enctype tells the browser and server that we will be uploading some type of binary data" but I don...

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