SQL VarBinary Image not loading

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  1. My goal:
    to Load image from sqlserver database stored in varbinary field
  2. Issue:
    converting to base64 is a pain, and the image shows as broken link
  3. Steps I've taken to troubleshoot:
    converting to string, converting to base64 in sql statement, tried flat text in the image URL field etc.
  4. Additional info: (Cloud or Self-hosted, Screenshots)
    image
    image1351×686 77 KB

    the varbinary looks like this, so something is changing.
    image
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actually I think I might have gotten it working. at least for PDF. I have to see if other types will exist in the source and what that would look like.

I'll update with what I did.