How to convert varBinary into image or video when retrieved from database in C#

Question

I am using visual studio 2010, (desktop application) and using LINQ to SQL to save image/video or audio files to database in dataType VarBinary (MAX). This I ca

Answer 1

If you already have the bytes, to verify that what you saved is correct you can save the bytes to a file and open it....

string tempFile = Path.GetTempFileName();
MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream(bytes); //bytes that was read from the db
//Here I assume that you're reading a png image, you can put any extension you like is a file name
FileStream stream = new FileStream(tempFile + ".png", FileMode.Create);
ms.WriteTo(stream);
ms.Close();
stream.Close();
//And here we open the file with the default program
Process.Start(tempFile + ".png");

And later you can use the answer of Dillie-O and stream....