/// <summary>/// convert a picture file to byte array        /// </summary>        public byte[] GetBytesFromImage(string filename)        {            FileStream fs = new FileStream(filename,FileMode.Open,FileAccess.Read);            int length = (int)fs.Length;            byte[] image = new byte[length];            fs.Read(image, 0, length);            fs.Close();            return image;        }

/// <summary>///  write byte array to database/// </summary>public void StoreImageToDB(byte[] image){    string connectionString = "Data Source=.;Initial Catalog=MyDB;User Id=sa;Password=123456";    string strSql = "INSERT INTO TestImage(image) Values(@image)";using (SqlConnection connection = new SqlConnection(connectionString))    {        SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand(strSql,connection);        cmd.Parameters.Add("@image", SqlDbType.Image).Value = image;        connection.Open();cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();        cmd.Clone();    }}

/// <summary>/// get image from database/// </summary>public byte[] GetBytesFromDB(){    string connectionString = "Data Source=.;Initial Catalog=MyDB;User Id=sa;Password=123456";    string strSql = "SELECT top 1 image FROM TestImage";using (SqlConnection connection = new SqlConnection(connectionString))    {        SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand(strSql,connection);        connection.Open();SqlDataReader reader = cmd.ExecuteReader();        byte[] temp = null;        if (reader.Read())        {            temp = (byte[])reader.GetValue(0);        }        return temp;    }}

/// <summary>/// Action that return the image file/// </summary>public FileResult Image(){   //get image from database   byte[] image = GetBytesFromDB();//return the image to View   return new FileContentResult(image, "image/jpeg");//or like below   //MemoryStream mem = new MemoryStream(image, 0, image.Length);   //return new FileStreamResult(mem, "image/jpg");

}

<img alt="" src="/Home/Image" />

@using (Html.BeginForm("Edit", "Admin", FormMethod.Post, new { enctype = "multipart/form-data" })) {<div>Upload new image: <input type="file" name="Image" /></div><input type="submit" value="Save" />}

[HttpPost]public ActionResult Edit(Product product, HttpPostedFileBase image) {if (ModelState.IsValid) {if (image != null) {product.ImageMimeType = image.ContentType;product.ImageData = new byte[image.ContentLength];image.InputStream.Read(product.ImageData, 0, image.ContentLength);}// save the product
repository.SaveProduct(product);return RedirectToAction("Index");} else {// there is something wrong with the data valuesreturn View(product);}}

public FileContentResult GetImage(int productId) {Product prod = repository.Products.FirstOrDefault(p => p.ProductID == productId);if (prod != null) {return File(prod.ImageData, prod.ImageMimeType);} else {return null;}}