There's no need to store file system paths in a database. Just store images in your database and then directly load them to your ASP.NET pages.
Rendering Images in ASP.NET Directly from Your Database
Published 08/01/2007
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Load Images from and Save Images to a Database
Published 06/21/2004
Learn how to build a Windows Forms interface that allows you to work with your images database.
Zip and Unzip Using VB5 or VB6
Published 03/15/2004
Learn how to use Zip and Unzip compatible methods with VB5 or VB6. All the code is contained in class modules that can either be compiled into an ActiveX or dropped into an existing project. The Zip/Unzip functionality is handled by the FreeWare InfoZip components from (http://www.cdrom.com/pub/infozip ) - these DLL's are included in the download.
Convert Between Image Formats in .NET
Published 12/22/2003
Converting from one image format to another could not be easier!
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MFC Integration with the Windows Transactional File System (TxF)
Published 04/18/2011
The Transactional File System (TxF), which allows access to an NTFS file system to be conducted in a transacted manner through extensions to the Windows SDK API. MFC 10, has been extended to support TxF and related technologies. This support allows existing MFC applications to be easily extended to support kernel transactions.
.NET Framework: Collections and Generics
Published 06/23/2011
The original release of the .NET Framework included collections as .NET was introduced to the Microsoft programming world. The .NET Framework 2.0 introduced generics to complement the System.Collections namespace and provide a more efficient and well performing option. Read on to learn more...
Input and Output with VB.NET 2010
Published 06/08/2011
The .NET runtime has everything you need to format your output and handle special characters. Both Visual Basic 2010 Express edition and Visual Studio 2010 help you with Intellisense if you can't remember the syntax. This article explores simple console input and output and shows you how to get it done.
WCF, ASP.NET MVC, and the new ASP.NET Web API
Published 04/06/2012
If WCF and ASP.NET MVC had offspring it would be named ASP.NET Web API. Like WCF, Web API is built for Web Service development. Only instead of building on WCF data structures; Web API embraces an MVC style experience. The result makes Web Service development more accessible to ASP.NET developers and gets WCF developers closer to HTTP.
