Image from database to jtable?

     I have just tried to store and retrieve images from the database. I set a column of the database as "varchar", and then stored the path to the file in the column writing it as:

 /Users/evanredmond/Desktop/image1.jpeg  (on a mac)

 I then tried 2 different ways to have it retrieve it to the Jtable as shown below. Neither worked yet. I think the line that reads "model.addRow("text", byteOfIMage);" might be in the wrong place, and also I am unsure of what to put in the parenthesis. I was going to try "model.addRow("Column6");" column 6 is the name of the column where the images are stored. 

I also created a separate ImageRenderer class that looks like:


class ImageRenderer extends DefaultTableCellRenderer
{
 
    @Override
    public Component getTableCellRendererComponent(JTable table,Object value, boolean isSelected,boolean hasFocus, int row, int column)
    {
        JLabel label = new JLabel();
 
        if (value!=null) {
        label.setHorizontalAlignment(JLabel.CENTER);
        //value is parameter which filled by byteOfImage
        label.setIcon(new ImageIcon((byte[])value));
        }
 
        return label;
    }
}




These are the two ways I have tried:


 DefaultTableModel model = new DefaultTableModel();
                 jTable1.setModel(model);
                 model.addRow("text",byteOfImage);
                 jTable1.getColumnModel().getColumn(6).setCellRenderer(new ImageRenderer());
          
       String sqlQuery = "select COLUMN1, COLUMN2, COLUMN3, COLUMN4, COLUMN5 from APP.DATA123 "
 + "where (COLUMN1 = ?) AND (COLUMN2 = ?) AND (COLUMN3 = ?) OR (COLUMN2 = ?) AND (COLUMN3 = ?)";

            String abc = jTextField2.getText();
            String cba = (String)jComboBox1.getSelectedItem();
            String cab = (String)jComboBox2.getSelectedItem();
            String data = "jdbc:derby://localhost:1527/sample";
        try (
              Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection(
              data, "app", "app");
              PreparedStatement st = conn.prepareStatement(sqlQuery))   { 
            
          
          
          Class.forName("org.apache.derby.jdbc.ClientDriver");
          st.setString(1, abc);
          st.setString(2, cba);
          st.setString(3, cab);       
          st.setString(4, cba);
          st.setString(5, cab);
          ResultSet rec = st.executeQuery();
          jTable1.setModel(DbUtils.resultSetToTableModel(rec));
         

               st.close();
 
    
            } catch (SQLException s)  {
          System.out.println("SQL Error: " + s.toString()  + " "
                  + s.getErrorCode() + " " + s.getSQLState());
      } catch (Exception e) {
          System.out.println("Error: " + e.toString()
          + e.getMessage());





and:




 private void jButton2ActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {                                         
                 DefaultTableModel dtm = (DefaultTableModel) jTable1.getModel();                
                 dtm.addRow("text",byteOfImage);
                 jTable1.getColumnModel().getColumn(6).setCellRenderer(new ImageRenderer());
          
     String sqlQuery = "select COLUMN1, COLUMN2, COLUMN3, COLUMN4, COLUMN5 from APP.DATA123 "
    + "where (COLUMN1 = ?) AND (COLUMN2 = ?) AND (COLUMN3 = ?) OR (COLUMN2 = ?) AND (COLUMN3 = ?)";

            String abc = jTextField2.getText();
            String cba = (String)jComboBox1.getSelectedItem();
            String cab = (String)jComboBox2.getSelectedItem();
            String data = "jdbc:derby://localhost:1527/sample";
        try (
              Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection(
              data, "app", "app");
              PreparedStatement st = conn.prepareStatement(sqlQuery))   { 
            
          
          
          Class.forName("org.apache.derby.jdbc.ClientDriver");
          st.setString(1, abc);
          st.setString(2, cba);
          st.setString(3, cab);       
          st.setString(4, cba);
          st.setString(5, cab);
          ResultSet rec = st.executeQuery();
          
          jTable1.setModel(DbUtils.resultSetToTableModel(rec));
       

               st.close(); 
 
    
            } catch (SQLException s)  {
          System.out.println("SQL Error: " + s.toString()  + " "
                  + s.getErrorCode() + " " + s.getSQLState());
      } catch (Exception e) {
          System.out.println("Error: " + e.toString()
          + e.getMessage());


any ideas? Thanks for your time.