Source Code for Storing Images into SQL Server from .NET

public void StorePicture( string filename )
{
// Read the file into a byte array
using(FileStream fs = new FileStream(filename, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read))
{
byte[] imageData = new Byte[fs.Length];
fs.Read( imageData, 0, (int)fs.Length );
}

using( SqlConnection conn = new SqlConnection(connectionString) )
{
SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand("StorePicture", conn);
cmd.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure;
cmd.Parameters.Add("@filename", filename );
cmd.Parameters["@filename"].Direction = ParameterDirection.Input;
cmd.Parameters.Add("@blobdata", SqlDbType.Image);
cmd.Parameters["@blobdata"].Direction = ParameterDirection.Input;
// Store the byte array within the image field
cmd.Parameters["@blobdata"].Value = imageData;
conn.Open();
cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();
}
}

source code is collected from http://forums.asp.net/thread/1658599.aspx