well, our image in the database gave us a byte[]. when we try the image expression (new java.io.ByteArrayInputString[]($F{myfield}))the ireports bring us back this error : Errors compiling .Reporte_1.jasper! it.businesslogic.ireport.ReportClassLoader@9d515 509512Â[Thread-25]ÂERRORÂdigester.DigesterÂÂ-ÂParseÂErrorÂatÂlineÂ33ÂcolumnÂ41:ÂAttributeÂvalueÂ"byte[]"ÂofÂtypeÂNMTOKENÂmustÂbeÂaÂnameÂtoken. sorry but we´re donkies:blush: