Question

Uploading an image to be stored in the db

Asked by: Lisp

I'm trying to write a setup form for a reporting services report.  Part of the setup is to allow a user to choose a company logo to be displayed on the report.

What would be the best way to go about Uploading an image, displaying it for the user and then streaming the image data to be stored in the database?

I have achieved this in vb6 in the past.  It was a simple case of displaying the image in an image box control and treating the image data like blob data.

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2006-03-01 at 02:31:20ID21756018
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Answers

 

by: imsolostPosted on 2006-03-01 at 04:55:44ID: 16074403

reporting services has an image control that will read directly from the database.  You wont need to code anything as long as the image is stored as an image data type (Binary).  I will post the code to upload the image to the database in a few hours.

 

by: LispPosted on 2006-03-01 at 05:03:53ID: 16074466

Thanks imsolost.

Your comment answers a question I asked in the db reporting area.  If you can place the above comment there, and it works, i'll award you the points...

http://www.experts-exchange.com/Databases/Reporting_Tools/Q_21756006.html

 

by: protenPosted on 2006-03-01 at 07:31:04ID: 16075719

The user can upload an image using a FileUpload web control. (Called FileUploadCntl in this example.)

Save the jpg image to the db:

               Dim fs As FileStream
               Dim ImgData() As Byte
               fs = New FileStream(FileUploadCntl.PostedFile.FileName, FileMode.OpenOrCreate, FileAccess.Read)

               'read the file
                ReDim ImgData(CInt(fs.Length))
                fs.Read(ImgData, 0, CInt(fs.Length))
                fs.Close()

Then use a SQL statement that will store the contents of ImgData into an image field on the db.

Readsthe image from the db and save it as a file that can be displayed:
               Dim fs As FileStream
               Dim sImgPath As String
               Dim MyCB As SqlCommandBuilder = New SqlCommandBuilder(da)
               Dim ImgData() As Byte
               Dim K As Long

                'Get image
                ImgData = CType(ds.Tables(0).Rows(0)("imgJPG"), Byte())
                K = UBound(ImgData)

                'Get the image directory
                sImgPath = "C:\The path of where the image should be saved"

                'Save the image
                fs = New FileStream(sImgPath, FileMode.OpenOrCreate, FileAccess.Write)
                fs.Write(ImgData, 0, CInt(K))
                fs.Close()

 

by: LispPosted on 2006-03-02 at 03:25:17ID: 16083690

I'm having trouble trying to find this web control.  Is there a particular reference I should load?

 

by: protenPosted on 2006-03-02 at 07:46:18ID: 16085629

Create a web project and the toolbox should automatically contain a FileUpload object in VS 2005. In VS 2003, it is a File Field object in the HTML section of the toolbox.

It is an html object so you can just use html to create it:
<INPUT id="txtUploadFile" type="file" size="32" runat="server">

 

by: LispPosted on 2006-03-18 at 12:32:27ID: 16226356

Thanks.  Still no sign of it in my list but I was able to add the control to the pages html

 

by: LispPosted on 2006-03-18 at 12:50:19ID: 16226438

Correct me if i'm wrong but this control just provides a filepath from the point of view of the client side?  When the web server reads this filename from the page during postback the filename is meaningless.  Is there a way of sending an image to the server side using client side code?

 

by: LispPosted on 2006-03-18 at 14:31:48ID: 16226944

I've written client side script to load the image into an image box.  I was hoping to somehow stream the image from the image box just to avoid using the url but it seems to require either a path or a data type of intPtr which is a handle.  How do I get the handle of the image?

 

by: protenPosted on 2006-03-20 at 08:05:54ID: 16236650

The questions you are asking are different than you original question.  I am not totally clear on the questions or answers, so I wont attempt to answer them and confuse you!  

You might want to post a new question and see if anybody can answer them.

Good Luck!

 

by: LispPosted on 2006-03-28 at 00:15:25ID: 16308595

I don't believe it is a different question.  The original question asked how I can get an image from an asp .net page to the database.  The technology itself implies there is a separate client machine and web server.

The solution provided only works if your client is run on the web server which would be a highly unusual way to implement a solution using ASP .Net.

 

by: protenPosted on 2006-03-28 at 07:14:52ID: 16311084

I am really sorry, I misunderstood your question.  

Try this:

http://aspalliance.com/articleViewer.aspx?aId=141&pId

 

by: protenPosted on 2006-03-28 at 07:33:02ID: 16311327

 

by: protenPosted on 2006-03-28 at 07:34:29ID: 16311348

I meant to post this link, although the previous one may still help:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/04/04/CuttingEdge/

 

by: LispPosted on 2006-03-28 at 08:23:15ID: 16311923

No probs.  Thanks for your help!

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