Hi Colin

This code writen in c# code

string connStr ="server=Your system number;" + "integrated security=SSPI;" +
"database= Your database name";
byte []buffer =
Encoding.Unicode.GetBytes(thisXDocument.DOM.selectSingleNode("/my:myFields/my:field4").text);

SqlConnection conn = new SqlConnection(connStr);
string insert= "insert into employee2 values (@id,@photo)";
SqlCommand cmd=new SqlCommand (insert,conn);
cmd.Parameters.Add(new SqlParameter("@id", SqlDbType.Char)).Value =
thisXDocument.DOM.selectSingleNode("/my:myFields/my:field1").text;
cmd.Parameters.Add(new SqlParameter("@photo",SqlDbType.Image)).Value = buffer;
conn.Open ();
cmd.ExecuteNonQuery ();
conn.Close ();

I hopr this will help U