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You can insert an image from t-sql script, if you use the hex string notation:
The next line will insert an image representing a "check mark" into the database. In a table [Test] with a column [Image].

insert
    [Test]
values(0x89504E470D0A1A0A0000000D49484452000000100000001008060000001FF3FF61000000017352474200AECE1CE90000000467414D410000B18
F0BFC6105000000206348524D00007A26000080840000FA00000080E8000075300000EA6000003A98000017709CBA513C000001B649444154384FA5926B
2F42711CC77924E7BDB8970873DB58AE4B11399CC8359A2754A7D23D86B91C0FCDFD3A5B68AEC36C1E2AC9780DE64D485FFFCEA68D329AB39D87DFCBEFF
3FFA60248F9D71735F8CF9FB458B9D9C035ADD4D83E43933268D9A8E774271A0C1E319072E52C7FFE5FEB37AFD771C3C7DD987F72C27367827A578952778
1F94F068AB55A4EEB5363F6D18199471BBAF65A51E62984C42A14C40CB4D74C65FF05DDFBBD917CB5968B569E0ED93015B2F2C9254E71B8703C4F103B417BC
514F79DD3AFECAD0E8CB779E4D384C0E2060E3B31F5308EC9070B989D16143BF2C305965C5ECC1B0C5E7656F59DB5BF4CF859CC86EC50EDCAC204D6886C5
93AD37F4063226881E79E45C7B602457651586CCE89897983DE5355BAC6D706FDCD10169EDDF0F84DD01EABA13BD5C0E537C2796F04BD2587C4267CCF37
7D15C74EA0F7E5144986EE4CC3DF391934C311D0C3E1D743B5D914851511B1D95F92E376406051B225297ABCED70060CB0DE8DA26D5D06022B223266251
4C7ED40BA584155CF9591CA0A28D71A4160458486CC1FC5098744DE972A71894160BDE5E933D37E1B5AC221115854EE58C6AFE2A4A6FC53930F93387C6A
1968F12D0000000049454E44AE426082)

Note

Some times, Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio will add a "zero" at the beginning, like 0x08950….
In this case add a "zero" at the end of the hex value, like:
insert [Test] values (0x8950……0)

Then magically the data will be correctly inserted into the database, see also: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2657922/insert-hex-string-value-to-sql-server-image-field-is-appending-extra-0