Use Generic Handler to Display Image in Asp.net

In this article i'm going to explain how to store image into database and retrieve image and display in asp.net image control by using generic handler file. Before we start first we need to create database and storedprocedure which i used in this project.

Creating Database

create table Image(
imgid int identity,
imgtitle varchar(30),
img varbinary(max))

Stored Procedure

Stored Procedure for Inserting Image Data

Create procedure [dbo].[spInsertImage](
@imgTitle varchar(50),
@image varbinary(MAX))
as
 begin
  insert into Image(imgtitle,img) values (@imgTitle,@image)
 end

Stored Procedure for Get Image by ImageTitle

This storedprocedure is used to retrieve image from database by passing image title as value, if you want you can change as per your requirement.

Create procedure [dbo].[spGetImage](
@imgTitle varchar(50))
as
 begin
  select * from Image where imgtitle=@imgTitle
 end

HTML Markup : Design Page

Design WebForm1.aspx page as i shown in above image or you can design as per your requirement.

<div>
 <table>
  <tr> <th colspan="2">Upload Image</th> </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>Title : </td>
    <td>
      <asp:TextBox ID="txttitle" runat="server"></asp:TextBox>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Upload Image :</td>
    <td>
      <asp:FileUpload ID="FileUploader1" runat="server" />
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td colspan="2">
      <asp:Button ID="btnUpload" runat="server" Text="Upload" OnClick="btnUpload_Click" />
    </td>
  </tr>
 </table>
</div>
<br />
<asp:Image ID="Image1" runat="server" Width="300px" Height="300px" />

C# Coding

C# Coding : Upload Button Click

  protected void btnUpload_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
  {
   byte[] img = null;
   if (FileUploader1.HasFile)
   {
    img = Image.ConvertImagetoByte(FileUploader1.PostedFile);
    SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand("spInsertImage", con);
    cmd.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure;
    cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@imgTitle", txttitle.Text);
    cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@image", img);
    con.Open();
    cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();
    con.Close();
    Image1.ImageUrl = "~/ImageHandler.ashx?ImageID="+txtTitle.Text.Trim();           
   }        
  }

C# Coding : Generic Handler Code

In ImageHandler.ashx is retrieve Title value from context.Request.Querystring["title"]; and display in asp.net Image control.

 public void ProcessRequest(HttpContext context)
 {
   string title = context.Request.QueryString["title"];
   if (title != "")
   {                
     SqlConnection connection = new SqlConnection("Server=.; Database=master; User Id=sa; Password=tiger;");
     SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand("[spGetImage]", connection);
     cmd.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure;
     cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@imgTitle", title);
     connection.Open();
     SqlDataAdapter da = new SqlDataAdapter(cmd);
     DataSet ds = new DataSet();
     da.Fill(ds);
     //Get Image Data
     byte[] file = null;
     if (ds.Tables[0].Rows.Count > 0)
     {
       file = (byte[])ds.Tables[0].Rows[0]["img"];
     }

      MemoryStream memoryStream = new MemoryStream();
      memoryStream.Write(file, 0, file.Length);
      context.Response.ContentType = "image/png";
      context.Response.Buffer = true;
      context.Response.BinaryWrite(file);
      memoryStream.Dispose();
   }
 }