APEX_APPLICATION_FILES: ORA-00942: table or view does not exist

Question

Hello,
As my first APEX task I am attempting the upload/download demo on http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B32472_01/doc/appdev.300/b32469/up_dn_files.htm
The ultimate goal is to store PDF files in the database.
In order to complete step 1: To create an application using the Create Application Wizard:
- I first created a user from SYSTEM called 'myapp'
- Next I logged into 'myapp' to continue the exercise. (I am wondering if that is where I am going wrong... If so, please clarify)
- Knowing that I would want to save the upload to a table I created a table with a BLOB
I did the steps for the upload and ran the application - no errors to there.
Next I needed to "To create a report on APEX_APPLICATION_FILES:".
I started the wizard as instructed. When I pasted the SELECT ... FROM APEX_APPLICATION_FILES, I got the table or view does not exist. A quick review of the TABLES tab shows only the tables that I created. Not any of the system tables or views.
I logged back in as SYSTEM and reviewed the 'rights' given the user 'myapp'. All were checked.
I knew nothing of Oracle when I installed XE, so I took defaults or whatever the install doc said to do. Is that part of the problem? It is clear that I do not have rights to see that table, but I also do not see the table when logged in as SYSTEM.
Any insight appreciated,
Rick

Answer 1

Thanks for the reply.
Version is:
Oracle Database 10g Express Edition Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Product
PL/SQL Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production
CORE 10.2.0.1.0 Production
TNS for 32-bit Windows: Version 10.2.0.1.0 - Production
NLSRTL Version 10.2.0.1.0 - Production
Database      
NAME     XE
CREATED     10/13/2006 08:04:21 PM
RESETLOGS_TIME     10/13/2006 08:04:25 PM
Install Version 10.2.1015
Regarding the code links, this one looks like what I need:
DECLARE
l_bfile BFILE;
l_blob BLOB;
BEGIN
INSERT INTO tab1 (col1)
VALUES (empty_blob())
RETURN col1 INTO l_blob;
l_bfile := BFILENAME('IMAGES', 'MyImage.gif');
DBMS_LOB.fileopen(l_bfile, Dbms_Lob.File_Readonly);
DBMS_LOB.loadfromfile(l_blob, l_bfile, DBMS_LOB.getlength(l_bfile));
DBMS_LOB.fileclose(l_bfile);
COMMIT;
END;
Is the 'BFILENAME' function that causes the 'get a filename' dialog box of Windows to open for the user to find which file to upload?
I'm going off to look for a newer version of APEX, thanks.