Question

I cant figure out why when I try to output an image and a line of text below I only get the image what Am I doing wrong?

        SqlConnection cn = new SqlConnection("CONNECTIONINFO HERE");

        SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand("SELECT * FROM test WHERE id=" + Request.QueryString["id"], cn);

        cn.Open();
        SqlDataReader dr = cmd.ExecuteReader();
        if (dr.Read()) //check to see if image was found
        {
            Response.ContentType = dr["fileType"].ToString();
            Response.BinaryWrite((byte[])dr["imagesmall"]);
            Response.Write("<br/>This is your image, if this is incorrect please contact the administrator.");
        }
        cn.Close();

Answer 1

Create a HttpHandler for your images and call it from an image tag.

like this:

public class ImageHandler : IHttpHandler
{
    public bool IsReusable 
    {
        get { return true; }
    }

    public void ProcessRequest(HttpContext context)
    {
        HttpRequest request = context.Request;
        HttpResponse response = context.Response;

        SqlConnection cn = new SqlConnection("CONNECTIONINFO HERE");
        SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand("SELECT * FROM test WHERE id=" + request.QueryString["id"], cn);

        cn.Open();
        SqlDataReader dr = cmd.ExecuteReader();
        if (dr.Read()) //check to see if image was found
        {
            response.ContentType = dr["fileType"].ToString();
            response.BinaryWrite((byte[])dr["imagesmall"]);
        }
        cn.Close();
    }
}

Then use it like this:

<img src="/ImageHandler.axd?id=1" />
<p>This is your image, if this is incorrect please contact the administrator.</p>

You will need to configure the handler in web.config or in IIS 7 if that is what you are using.

Here is how: http://mvolo.com/blogs/serverside/archive/2007/08/15/Developing-IIS7-web-server-features-with-the-.NET-framework.aspx