1. In this article we will see how to store images to the database.
2. We have used VarBinary(MAX) datatype in SQL Server database. We are converting the image into its bytes and storing in the database.
3. While rendering back on UI, we can again convert it into image from bytes and render.

<div>
        @using(Html.BeginForm("UploadImage","LoginRegister", FormMethod.Post, new { @enctype = "multipart/form-data" }))
        {
            @Html.Hidden("AlbumName",Model.AlbumName)
   <span id="UploadStatus" style="font-family:comic sans ms;color:white;margin-left:40px;"></span><br/>
            <input style="margin-left:40px;cursor:pointer;" type="file" name="file" id="file"/>
            <input type="submit" style="margin-left:40px;cursor:pointer;" id="upload" value="Upload"/>
        }
    </div>

[HttpPost]
        public ActionResult UploadImage(ImageViewModel imageViewModel)
        {
            if (ModelState.IsValid)
            {
                Gallary gallary = new Gallary();
                gallary.SavePlayerImage(imageViewModel, Convert.ToInt32(Session["UserId"]),
                                        Convert.ToInt32(Session["AlbumId"]));
                return RedirectToAction("GetImages", new { album = imageViewModel.AlbumName.ToString() });
            }
            else
            {
                TempData["InvalidImage"] = "Upload images only";
                return RedirectToAction("GetImages", new { album = imageViewModel.AlbumName.ToString() });
            }
        }

public class ImageViewModel
    {
        public List ImageList { get; set; }

        public string AlbumName { get; set; }

        public string FileExtension { get; set; }

        [ImageValidator]
        public HttpPostedFileBase File { get; set; }
    }

    public void SavePlayerImage(ImageViewModel model,int userId,int albumId)
        {
            byte[] imageBytes = ConvertToBytes(model.File);
            Images playerImage = new Images();
            playerImage.AlbumId = albumId;
            playerImage.UserId = userId;
            playerImage.ImageBytes = imageBytes;
            playerImage.Extension = model.File.ContentType;
            GallaryDataContext gallaryDataContext = new GallaryDataContext();
            gallaryDataContext.Images.InsertOnSubmit(playerImage);
            gallaryDataContext.SubmitChanges();
        }

    public byte[] ConvertToBytes(HttpPostedFileBase Image)
        {
            byte[] imageBytes = null;
            BinaryReader reader = new BinaryReader(Image.InputStream);
            imageBytes = reader.ReadBytes((int)Image.ContentLength);
            return imageBytes;
        }