How to read an image using IDataReader
I am working on a C # vs05 window. I want to read an image using IDataReader .... in oledb .... how can I do that, suppose I want to read the int value from the student id database column name, and then I write the code below.
private IDataReader _reader;
public int GetInt32(String sFieldName)
{
return (_reader[sFieldName]==DBNull.Value)? (Int32) 0 :Convert.ToInt32(_reader[sFieldName]);
}
To save the image I am using the following code
DataTable oTable = new DataTable();
oTable.Columns.Add("BoardImage");
DataRow oRow = oTable.NewRow();
oRow["BoardImage"] = oItem.BoardImage;
SQL= Insert into table oRow["BoardImage"];
Now i want to read image BY Idatareader ......to do that i write bellow code but i get error message "Parameter is not valid."
public Image GetImage(String sFieldName)
{
try
{
//MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream();
//stream.Write(image, 0, image.Length);
//Bitmap bitmap = new Bitmap(stream);
byte[] imageData = null;
long byteSize = 0;
byteSize = _reader.GetBytes(_reader.GetOrdinal(sFieldName), 0, null, 0, 0); **//May be error occur here**
imageData = new byte[byteSize];
long bytesread = 0;
int curpos = 0, chunkSize = 500;
while (bytesread < byteSize)
{
// chunkSize is an arbitrary application defined value
bytesread += _reader.GetBytes(_reader.GetOrdinal(sFieldName), curpos, imageData, curpos, chunkSize);
curpos += chunkSize;
}
byte[] imgData = imageData;
MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream(imgData); **//May be error occur here**
Image oImage = Image.FromStream((Stream)ms);
return oImage;
}
catch(Exception ex)
{
throw new Exception("Failed to get Image: " + ex.Message);
}
}
Can anyone help me? Where is my mistake ..... How to solve this problem
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Try something like (make sure the reader is in sequential mode):
using(MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream()) {
const int BUFFER_SIZE = 1024;
byte[] buffer = new byte[BUFFER_SIZE];
int col = reader.GetOrdinal(fieldName), bytesRead, offset = 0;
while((bytesRead = (int)reader.GetBytes(col,offset,buffer,0,BUFFER_SIZE)) > 0) {
ms.Write(buffer, 0, bytesRead);
offset += bytesRead;
}
ms.Position = 0;
return Image.FromStream(ms);
}
The biggest problem I see in the original code is not looking too much at the number of bytes returned per call before GetBytes
(i.e. if you have an integer part).
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