Retrieving img from db in flash through asp.net

So basically, I need to find a way to retrieve the image url that is stored in a database, and I need to do it through asp.net if possible (I want to avoid XML if I can). I'm an actionscript 3 newbie so I don't know what calls I might 开发者_运维技巧use to connect to the .net page, but I am able to retrieve the data through SQL to the .net page. Any help would be appreciated.

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Web services are standard way to do this. Yes, it is xml, but i do not see a reason why not use it.

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If you really want to go nuts, you could write your own raw socket library which talks to the SQL server directly... but I also wouldn't recommend it, especially since you just need text data

Just in case you really want to go that route (which again- I strongly discourage)- here is a link to an existing library: http://code.google.com/p/assql/

:)