image datatype

Is the Image Datatype to store pictures and if so how would you transfer a picture in asp.net into a sqldatabase that has this datatype?

if it isnt for pictures what is it used for?the image datatype can be used for any binary files. Not just images.

Check out microsoft's 23 C# samples. One of them does exactly what you want!

http://msdn.microsoft.com/vcsharp/downloads/samples/23samples/default.aspx|||it doesnt work:(
i tried to download it and it said it could not perform my requestsql