How to download a LOB file without File Browse or a Report?

Hi, All,
Behind my APEX 4.2.2 app, I have a table with PDF's held in a column of type BLOB. With the ID of a given row held in a Page Item, I would like to dynamically generate a simple link for downloading the file. Can this be done?
I wasn't sure how to pose this question, so feel free to ask for details you think might help you help me
Thanks,
-Seth.

Mike,
Thank you for your help. Here is how I managed to display a Page Item as a URL to download a BLOB - which is a PDF, in this case...
1. Set up an Automatic Row Fetch process
2. Created a Page Item (P4_BLOB_CONTENT) with its source as the blob content database column
3. Created a Display Only page item (P4_DOWNLOAD_LINK) but did nothing to it
4. Set up a Dynamic Action (On Change, Set Value) to set the value of P4_DOWNLOAD_LINK via a SQL Query, setting Escape Special Characters to No:
SELECT '<a href="'||APEX_ITEM.GET_BLOB_FILE_SRC('P4_BLOB_CONTENT',doc_id,NULL,'inline')||'">Download Link</a>' dlink
FROM documents
WHERE doc_id = :P4_DOC_ID;
This Dynamic Action fires when the value of P4_DOC_ID changes. This displays a functioning hyperlink, Download Link, that gets the PDF. If the above query returns no row, no link is displayed.
Two remaining questions:
1. When the link is clicked, the browser wants to save the PDF. This is fine, of course, but it does so with a default file name of 'download'. How can I set that default file name as the name of the PDF being downloaded?
2. How do I get the MIME type to be passed along so the browser knows about it? The MIME type stored in the database table.
Thanks,
-Seth.

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