APEX for XE and PL/PDF

Hi All,
I have started to test PL/PDF, and have it creating a BLOB etc in a table.
My issues is with XE (as it is meant to be supported), is how to display the pdf (currently stored as a blob in the database).
The blob table doesn't have any "ID" as all the other examples use, i.e All the examples seem to reference files that have been uploaded via APEX initially. As the PL/PDF pdf file is directly into the database. How can I get it rendered onto the clients display, without using modplsql (as it's not used in APEX XE Edition).
TIA
Jon

<p>Hi Jon,
Hopefully the following article covers everything you need to accomplish
<ul><li>http://www.oracle-base.com/articles/9i/ExportBlob9i.php</li></ul>
Regards, Kris</p>
Forgot to add, if you are on windows, substitute /tmp/ for a valid windows path eg "C:/temp/"
also see the note at the bottom:
"Bug #2546782, raised against 9.2.0 on Windows 2000, reports wrong output from UTL_FILE.PUT_RAW
Oracle 10g includes extra open modes (rb, wr, ab) to signify byte mode operation. The "wb" open mode can be used along with the PUT_RAW procedure to prevent extra newline characters being added on a Windows platform."
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