How to retrieve a picture from an Access Database using C# code

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I want to retrieve a picture from an Access database using C# code of visual studio 2008.

I using the following code:

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private void load_picturebox_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    byte[] ImageByte = null;
    MemoryStream MemStream = null;
    PictureBox PicBx = new PictureBox();
    object OB;

    vcon.Open();

    int ImageID = 1;
    string sql = "SELECT picture FROM dictionary WHERE serial_no = " + ImageID + "";
    OleDbCommand vcom = new OleDbCommand(sql, vcon);

    ImageByte = vcom.ExecuteScalar();

    MemStream = new MemoryStream(ImageByte);
    PicBx.Image = Image.FromStream(MemStream);
}

But I couldn't run this code with the followed line: 
ImageByte = comm.ExecuteScalar(); 

The error is: "Cannot implicitly convert type 'object' to 'byte[]'. An explicit conversion exists (are you missing a cast?)"

Please, help me to solve the problem.

Posted 21-Mar-12 5:46am

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pietvredeveld · Answer 1 · 2012-03-21T06:08:00

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The error you get tells exactly what is missing. ExecuteScalar returns an object and ImageByte is a byte array. Since a picture is a byte array you can make a explicit cast

ImageByte = (byte[]) vcom.ExecuteScalar();

should do the trick.

Beside, are you sure you want to use ExecuteScalar() because is returns a maximum of 2033 characters. With is pretty small for a picture

Piet

Posted 21-Mar-12 6:08am

pietvredeveld

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Member 8454009 21-Mar-12 13:21pm

This is solved. But there is also have another error with the last followed line: PicBx.Image = Image.FromStream(MemStream);

The error is: Parameter is not valid.

I used Bitmap Image in my access database. But this don't show in picturebox of windowsform by the followed code.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 21-Mar-12 15:02pm

Right, a 5.
--SA