How to retrieve image from Oracle database using C# web application?

Question

I want to retrieve an image from an Oracle database to an Image control in asp.net. I tried but it's not working.

This is the code used for inserting image into database:

protected void btnUpload_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
        int imgLength = 0;
        string imgContentType = null;
        string imgFileName = null;

        Stream imgStream = FileUpload.PostedFile.InputStream;
        imgLength = FileUpload.PostedFile.ContentLength;
        imgContentType = FileUpload.PostedFile.ContentType;
        imgFileName = FileUpload.PostedFile.FileName;

        if (imgContentType == "image/jpeg" || imgContentType == "image/gif" ||
        imgContentType == "image/pjpeg"
          || imgContentType == "image/bmp")
         {
            OracleConnection DbConnection = new OracleConnection(con1);
            DbConnection.Open();
            FileStream fls;
            fls = new FileStream(@imgFileName, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read);

            byte[] blob = new byte[fls.Length];
            fls.Read(blob, 0, System.Convert.ToInt32(fls.Length));
            fls.Close();

            string query = "insert into image(id,name,photo) values(1,'" + imgFileName + "'," + " :BlobParameter )";
            // Establish a new OracleCommand
            OracleCommand cmd = new OracleCommand();

            cmd.CommandText = query;

            cmd.Connection = DbConnection;

            cmd.CommandType = CommandType.Text;

            System.Data.OracleClient.OracleParameter paramImage = new System.Data.OracleClient.OracleParameter("image",
              Oracle.DataAccess.Client.OracleDbType.Blob);
            paramImage.ParameterName = "BlobParameter";
            paramImage.Value = blob;
            paramImage.Direction = ParameterDirection.Input;
            cmd.Parameters.Add(paramImage);

            cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();
}

Table:

  Id      Name                                 Photo
   1      C:\\user\pictures\animal.jpeg        (BLOB)

Below is the code used to retrieve the image into an image control but this code is not working. For the past two days I've been struggling with this

void GetImagesFromDatabase()
{
        try
        {
            OracleConnection DbConnection = new OracleConnection(con1);
            DbConnection.Open();
            OracleCommand cmd = new OracleCommand("Select name,photo from Image", DbConnection);
            OracleDataReader oda = cmd.ExecuteReader();

            while (oda.Read())
            {
                string path = oda[0].ToString();
                img.ImageUrl = path;
                if(oda.GetValue(1).ToString() !=""){
                    FileStream fls;
                    fls = new FileStream(@path, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read);

                    byte[] blob = new byte[fls.Length];
                    fls.Read(blob, 0, System.Convert.ToInt32(fls.Length));

                    fls.Close();
                    MemoryStream memStream = new MemoryStream(blob);

                    img.ImageUrl = oda[2].ToString();

                }
            }
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
        }
}

Any ideas? Thanks in advance

Answer 1

maybe this code can help you:

public Image byteArrayToImage(byte[] byteArrayIn)
{
     MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream(byteArrayIn);
     Image returnImage = Image.FromStream(ms);
     return returnImage;
}