I'm attempting to retrieve a bitmap from an image field in SQL Server 2005
using Visual Studio 2005 C#. I then want to load the bitmap into a
picturebox. When I run the following code, I get the error message:

Parameter is no valid.

Debugging shows that the Image.FromStream(ms) statement is the culprit.

Anyone know what I'm doing wrong?

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using (SqlConnection sqlConn = new SqlConnection(builder.ConnectionString))
{
sqlConn.Open();
SqlDataAdapter sql = new SqlDataAdapter(
"SELECT Picture FROM Pictures WHERE Pictures.CardID=5", sqlConn);
DataSet ds1 = new DataSet();
sql.Fill(ds1, "Pictures");
DataRow dr = ds1.Tables["Pictures"].Rows[0];

byte[] result = (byte[])dr["Picture"];
int ArraySize = result.GetUpperBound(0);

MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream(result, 0, ArraySize);
pictureBox1.Image = Image.FromStream(ms);
sqlConn.Close();
}

Hi wsclichtman,

I'm guessing SQL Server 2005 uses the same image header as 2000, so you need to remove the first 80(?) bytes from the stream before creating a Bitmap out of it.


On Tue, 20 Sep 2005 02:23:02 +0200, wschlichtman <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> I'm attempting to retrieve a bitmap from an image field in SQL Server 2005
> using Visual Studio 2005 C#. I then want to load the bitmap into a
> picturebox. When I run the following code, I get the error message:
>
> Parameter is no valid.
>
> Debugging shows that the Image.FromStream(ms) statement is the culprit.
>
> Anyone know what I'm doing wrong?
>
> -----------------------------------------
>
> using (SqlConnection sqlConn = new SqlConnection(builder.ConnectionString))
> {
> sqlConn.Open();
> SqlDataAdapter sql = new SqlDataAdapter(
> "SELECT Picture FROM Pictures WHERE Pictures.CardID=5", sqlConn);
> DataSet ds1 = new DataSet();
> sql.Fill(ds1, "Pictures");
> DataRow dr = ds1.Tables["Pictures"].Rows[0];
>
> byte[] result = (byte[])dr["Picture"];
> int ArraySize = result.GetUpperBound(0);
>
> MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream(result, 0, ArraySize);
> pictureBox1.Image = Image.FromStream(ms);
> sqlConn.Close();
> }
>
>



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Happy coding!
Morten Wennevik [C# MVP]