Silverlight: show image from database

            // image1 is Image SL control

            // blob is table entity

            // BLOBASIMAGE has type byte[] (db type: image)

            using (MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream(blob.BLOBASIMAGE))

            {

                try

                {

                    BitmapImage im = new BitmapImage();

                    im.SetSource(stream);

                    image1.Stretch = Stretch.Uniform;

                    image1.Source = im;

                }

                catch (Exception)

                {   // major reason: wrong picture format. JPG is OK

                    image1.Source = null;

                }

            }