Store XML Publisher report in the database

Hi all,
Is is possible to generate an XML Publisher report in the background and store the report as a blob in the database. I have an APEX application that needs to generate the report when the user clicks an 'Update' button. This report can then be accessed at a later date (via a hyper-link on another page) and will show the report that was stored on that date. Basically the report needs to be point in time.
Thanks
Grant

Hi,
you might have your reasons to want to store the entire report in the db as an object ... But wouldn't it be simpler to just add an extra DATE column to filter, and generate the report at runtime?
What if the data changes in the meantime?
Just, an idea ...
Grtz.

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Ankit,
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Appreciate any help

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Krishna
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One or more post-processing actions failed - XML Publisher report

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Unix platform: HP-UX rp1 B.11.11 U 9000/800
DB: Oracle9i Enterprise Edition Release 9.2.0.5.0 - 64bit Production
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Executing request completion options...
------------- 1) PUBLISH -------------
Beginning post-processing of request 1897375 on node RP1DEV at 10-SEP-2008 14:13:36.
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[9/10/08 2:51:09 PM] [OPPServiceThread0] Post-processing request 1897433.
[9/10/08 2:51:09 PM] [72379:RT1897433] Executing post-processing actions for request 1897433.
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[9/10/08 2:51:09 PM] [72379:RT1897433]
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at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
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[9/10/08 2:51:09 PM] [72379:RT1897433] Completed post-processing actions for request 1897433.
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Any help will be appreciated
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</dataTemplate>
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Hope this will help. Let me know for more info.

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I tried split-by-page-break also,but still its not resolved.
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How to resolve this? Please share your ideas.
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