Transfer a jpeg image from a ANSIString to a TImage

TBlobField(..).SaveToStream
TImage.LoadFromStream

http://www.delphipraxis.net/117340-blob-per-stream-aus-db-lesen-und-imageview-anzeigen.html

You can also do this:

  aBlobStream: TStream;
  aCds: TClientDataSet;
  TheIMage: TIMage;

  aBlobStream := aCds.CreateBlobStream(aCds.FieldByName('TheBLOBFieldName', bmRead));
  if aBlobStream.Size > 0 then
    TImage.Picture.Bitmap.LoadFromStream(aBlobStream);

Just a Pseudo-Code!!!

procedure LoadImage();
var
  Stream: TMemoryStream
begin
  if not Dataset.FieldByName('FieldName).IsNull then
  begin
    Stream := TMemoryStream.Create;
    try
      (Dataset.FieldByName('FieldName') as TBlobField).SaveToStream(Stream);
      AStream.Seek(0, soFromBeginning);
      Image1.Picture.Bitmap.LoadFromStream(Stream);
    finally
      FreeAndNil(Stream);
    end;
  end;  
end;

Hello all,
I should have described the question differently
I already have the JPEG data in a ANSIString variable and I have a routine to move it into a Stream
Based on jimyX, I coded this
 ST  := TStringStream.Create;
 JPG := TJPEGImage.Create;
 BTANSIString2Stream(Photo,ST); // this is my working function (Photo is the ANSIString)
 JPG.LoadFromStream(ST);
 F01.Image.Picture.Graphic := JPG;
 JPG.Free;
 ST.Free;

This works fine except at the ultimate moment it displays it on the screen : I get an exception
The stack trace follows :
0054379a +04a BriTayEx.exe jpeg               JpegError
00544edd +061 BriTayEx.exe jpeg               jpeg_consume_input
00544e3e +02e BriTayEx.exe jpeg               jpeg_read_header
00543b55 +0b1 BriTayEx.exe jpeg               InitDecompressor
005442c6 +04e BriTayEx.exe jpeg               TJPEGImage.GetBitmap
005440cf +00b BriTayEx.exe jpeg               TJPEGImage.Draw
0048ffce +02a BriTayEx.exe Graphics           TCanvas.StretchDraw
004b3a72 +0d2 BriTayEx.exe ExtCtrls 2616  +16 TImage.Paint

It says JPEG error #42 ...

you should use Assign
F01.Image.Picture.Assign( JPG );

oops, JPeg, yap you have to use TJPegImage class as jimmyx shows

procedure LoadImage();
var
  Stream: TMemoryStream
begin
  if not Dataset.FieldByName('FieldName).IsNull then
  begin
    Stream := TMemoryStream.Create;
    try
      (Dataset.FieldByName('FieldName') as TBlobField).SaveToStream(Stream);
      Stream.Seek(0, soFromBeginning);
     Image := TJpegImage.Create;
     try      
       Image.LoadFromStream(Stream);
       Image1.Picture.Graphic := Image;
      finally
       FreeAndNil(Image);
      end;
     finally
      FreeAndNil(Stream);
    end;
  end;  
end;

Using assign gives the same exception JPEG #42

For ewangoya : I have the JPEG in a ANSIString (not reading in the database at that stage)

Here is the procedure
procedure BTANSIString2Stream(var S:ANSIstring;var ST:TStringStream);
begin
 ST.Seek(0,soFromBeginning);
 if (Length(S) <> 0)
  then ST.Write(S[1],Length(S))
  else;
end;
Using ST  := TStringStream.Create(Photo); is better in my context and it works
But it now also works with the procedure above, provided I add a final statement :
 ST.Seek(0,soFromBeginning);
Many thanks !

Read from the database directly into the Stream and then move it to the Image:

var
  JPG: TJPEGImage;
  ST: TStream;
begin
  if (not YourTable.FieldByName('Photo').IsNull) then
    begin
      ST := YourTable.CreateBlobStream(YourTable.FieldByName('Photo'),bmRead);
      JPG := TJPEGImage.Create;
      try
        JPG.LoadFromStream(ST);
        Photo.Picture.Assign(JPG);
        Photo.Visible := True;
      finally
        JPG.Free;
        ST.Free;
      end;
    end
  else
    Photo.Visible := False;

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