private void cmdSave_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
 try
 {
 //Read Image Bytes into a byte array
 byte[] imageData = ReadFile(txtImagePath.Text);

 //Initialize SQL Server Connection
 SqlConnection CN = new SqlConnection(txtConnectionString.Text);

 //Set insert query
 string qry = "insert into ImagesStore (OriginalPath,ImageData) _
 values(@OriginalPath, @ImageData)";

 //Initialize SqlCommand object for insert.
 SqlCommand SqlCom = new SqlCommand(qry, CN);

 //We are passing Original Image Path and 
 //Image byte data as sql parameters.
 SqlCom.Parameters.Add(new SqlParameter("@OriginalPath", 
 (object)txtImagePath.Text));
 
 SqlCom.Parameters.Add(new SqlParameter("@ImageData", 
 (object)imageData));

 //Open connection and execute insert query.
 CN.Open();
 SqlCom.ExecuteNonQuery();
 CN.Close();

 //Close form and return to list or images.
 this.Close();
 }

        
 //Open file into a filestream and 
 //read data in a byte array.
 byte[] ReadFile(string sPath)
 {
 //Initialize byte array with a null value initially.
 byte[] data = null;

 //Use FileInfo object to get file size.
 FileInfo fInfo = new FileInfo(sPath);
 long numBytes = fInfo.Length;

 //Open FileStream to read file
 FileStream fStream = new FileStream(sPath, FileMode.Open, 
 FileAccess.Read);

 //Use BinaryReader to read file stream into byte array.
 BinaryReader br = new BinaryReader(fStream);

 //When you use BinaryReader, you need to 

 //supply number of bytes to read from file.
 //In this case we want to read entire file. 

 //So supplying total number of bytes.
 data = br.ReadBytes((int)numBytes);
 return data;
 }

        
 void GetImagesFromDatabase()
 {
 try
 {
 //Initialize SQL Server connection.
 SqlConnection CN = new SqlConnection(txtConnectionString.Text);

 //Initialize SQL adapter.
 SqlDataAdapter ADAP = new SqlDataAdapter("Select * from ImagesStore", CN);

 //Initialize Dataset.
 DataSet DS = new DataSet();

 //Fill dataset with ImagesStore table.
 ADAP.Fill(DS, "ImagesStore");

 //Fill Grid with dataset.
 dataGridView1.DataSource = DS.Tables["ImagesStore"];
 }
 catch(Exception ex)
 {
 MessageBox.Show(ex.ToString());
 }
 }

        
 //Store image to a local file.
 pictureBox1.Image.Save("c:\test_picture.jpg",
System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat.Jpeg);

        
 //Store image to a local file.
 pictureBox1.Image.Save("c:\test_picture.jpg",System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat.Jpeg);