try
{
	SqlConnection cn = new SqlConnection(strCn);
	cn.Open();

	//Retrieve BLOB from database into DataSet.
	SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand("SELECT BLOBID, BLOBData FROM BLOBTest ORDER BY BLOBID", cn);	
	SqlDataAdapter da = new SqlDataAdapter(cmd);
	DataSet ds = new DataSet();
	da.Fill(ds, "BLOBTest");
	int c = ds.Tables["BLOBTest"].Rows.Count;

	if(c>0)
	{   //BLOB is read into Byte array, then used to construct MemoryStream,
		//then passed to PictureBox.
		Byte[] byteBLOBData =  new Byte[0];
		byteBLOBData = (Byte[])(ds.Tables["BLOBTest"].Rows[c - 1]["BLOBData"]);
		MemoryStream stmBLOBData = new MemoryStream(byteBLOBData);
		pictureBox1.Image= Image.FromStream(stmBLOBData);
	} 
	cn.Close();
}
catch(Exception ex)
{MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);}

using (SqlConnection sqlConn = new SqlConnection(builder.ConnectionString))
{
sqlConn.Open();
SqlDataAdapter sql = new SqlDataAdapter(
"SELECT Picture FROM Pictures WHERE Pictures.CardID=5", sqlConn);
DataSet ds1 = new DataSet();
sql.Fill(ds1, "Pictures");
DataRow dr = ds1.Tables["Pictures"].Rows[0];

byte[] result = (byte[])dr["Picture"];
int ArraySize = result.GetUpperBound(0);

MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream(result, 0, ArraySize);
pictureBox1.Image = Image.FromStream(ms);
sqlConn.Close();
}