Binary Data

Pictures in a DB

In my DB I have a picture in each record but it now says I have no more space available...How do I get round this?

Loading signature into a PictureBox control

I'm trying to load a signature into a pictureBox but its giving the "Parameter not valid" error message when it tries to convert into bitmap from the MemoryStream store. Refer code below. code: public Bitmap getSignature() { MemoryStream ms1 = new MemoryStream(Signature); ...

Can't manually enter data any more; get Error Message: String or binary data would be truncated.

Three databases that were forced restored now do nor allow manual entry, even one single character, although using an update statement works. This is not a matter of changing the length of the datatype, but something else. For the life of me, I can't figure out why this mere attempt at manual data...

Storing Binary Data

I've been in the process of reviewing the pros and cons of storing binary data (e.g. image files) either in blob fields in a database (presumably MySQL) vs. the filesystem of a server. I'm aware there are some concerns of security, but I'm mainly interested in performance at present. I could...