To store image in database 1st u need to make table like this

CREATE TABLE PicImage
(
Picid int
Pic Image
)

Now in vb.net coding u have to write code like this

Dim ms As New MemoryStream

pic_photo.Image.Save(ms pic_photo.Image.RawFormat)

arrImage ms.GetBuffer

ms.Flush()

Now pass arrImage in ur insert query.

Dim con As New SqlConnection _

("Server YourServer;uid ;pwd ;database northwind")

Dim da As New SqlDataAdapter _

("Select * From MyImages" con)

Dim MyCB As SqlCommandBuilder New SqlCommandBuilder(da)

Dim ds As New DataSet()

da.MissingSchemaAction MissingSchemaAction.AddWithKey

Dim fs As New FileStream _

("C:winntGone Fishing.BMP" FileMode.OpenOrCreate _

FileAccess.Read)

Dim MyData(fs.Length) As Byte

fs.Read(MyData 0 fs.Length)

fs.Close()

con.Open()

da.Fill(ds "MyImages")

Dim myRow As DataRow

myRow ds.Tables("MyImages").NewRow()

myRow("Description") "This would be description text"

myRow("imgField") MyData

ds.Tables("MyImages").Rows.Add(myRow)

da.Update(ds "MyImages")

fs Nothing

MyCB Nothing

ds Nothing

da Nothing

con.Close()

con Nothing

MsgBox ("Image saved to database")

Double-click Button2 and then add the following code to the Button2_Click
event handler:

Note You must change uid and pwd to the correct values before you run this
code. Make sure that User ID has the appropriate permissions to perform this
operation on the database.

Dim con As New SqlConnection _

("Server YourServer;uid ;pwd ;database northwind")

Dim da As New SqlDataAdapter _

("Select * From MyImages" con)

Dim MyCB As SqlCommandBuilder New SqlCommandBuilder(da)

Dim ds As New DataSet()

con.Open()

da.Fill(ds "MyImages")

Dim myRow As DataRow

myRow ds.Tables("MyImages").Rows(0)

Dim MyData() As Byte

MyData myRow("imgField")

Dim K As Long

K UBound(MyData)

Dim fs As New FileStream _

("C:winntGone Fishing2.BMP" FileMode.OpenOrCreate _

FileAccess.Write)

fs.Write(MyData 0 K)

fs.Close()

fs Nothing

MyCB Nothing

ds Nothing

da Nothing

con.Close()

con Nothing

MsgBox ("Image retrieved")