hai vinu One way of updating the image in datafield is , Open the image file in binary mode and read chunks of bytes (say 1024) and update the blob datafield.i havnt worked in java, but vb has some example (see msdn -vb help).There are some methods also available.[Long back i have done it , but i dont remember now.i am sorry] i hope the above information will help you with regards Muthukumar