image is incompatible with xml

        try {
            FileInputStream is = new FileInputStream(f);
            is.read(b);
            is.close();
            try {
                Class.forName("net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.Driver");
                Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:jtds:sqlserver://SERVER;instance=INSTANCE", "user", "pass");
                PreparedStatement pstmt = conn.prepareStatement("INSERT INTO TEST_XML (DATA_XML) VALUES (?)");
                pstmt.setBytes(1, b);
                pstmt.execute();
                pstmt.close();
                conn.close();
            } catch (Exception sqle) {
                System.out.println("ERROR " + sqle.getMessage());
                System.exit(1);
            }

        } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
            System.out.println(e);
        } catch (IOException e) {
            System.out.println(e);
        }