Images in Microsoft SQL server 2005

[Kunal Lakhani]

I have got a project on FIR management, and i have to store & retrieve images with their respective Ids. How can we store images & retrieve them in Microsoft SQL server 2005??

[Paul Sturrock]

Use a suitable LOB data type. The (SQL Server specific) image data type would be a good choice.

[Kunal Lakhani]

thanks Paul. Can you provide some details?? or any notes??

[Paul Sturrock]

An explanation of the data type can be found in the SQL Server documentation. What else do you need to know?

[Kunal Lakhani]

I need to know process of inserting and retrieving images from SQL.

[Paul Sturrock]

There's no real magic here. You just write an insert statement and pass the binary stream of your image. If you were to do it dirtectly in SQL Server you would use Transact SQL to do this (see the docs I mentioned earlier), but I'm guessing you want to ultimately do this with JDBC?

[Kunal Lakhani]

yes. i want to do it with jdbc. will it cause any problem?

[Paul Sturrock]

Nope. It's actually easier just with JDBC. Stream your image (however you are doing that) then bind it as binary stream. See PreparedStatement JavaDocs for more.

[Kunal Lakhani]

Paul, please provide code examples

[Kunal Lakhani]

No reply!!!

[Jeanne Boyarsky]

Kunal Lakhani wrote:No reply!!!

PatienceIsAVirtue - remember that you could need to wait up to 24 hours before someone sees your message due to work/sleep/life patterns. Bumping posts before that is highly discouraged.

[Jeanne Boyarsky]

Kunal Lakhani wrote:Paul, please provide code examples

See The JDBC tutorial examples.