Backgrounds from images in database

I've been working with images lately, and I'm trying to do the following:
Users can upload images that adhere to my restrictions (ie, size, filetype, etc). What I would then like to do with those images is set the users profile background to be the image itself. I need this to be dynamic, ie, no hard coding of image ids or anything like that. Is it possible to dynamically determine the page background using images in the database? My theory is I may need to create a custom template for the profile page to do this but I'm not sure. Does anyone have experience with this?

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Welcome to the forum: please read the FAQ and forum sticky threads (if you haven't done so already), and update your profile with a real handle instead of "user12612539".
When you have a problem you'll get a faster, more effective response by including as much relevant information as possible upfront. This should include:
<li>Full APEX version
<li>Full DB/version/edition/host OS
<li>Web server architecture (EPG, OHS or APEX listener/host OS)
<li>Browser(s) and version(s) used
<li>Theme
<li>Template(s)
<li>Region/item type(s) (making particular distinction as to whether a "report" is a standard report, an interactive report, or in fact an "updateable report" (i.e. a tabular form)
With APEX we're also fortunate to have a great resource in apex.oracle.com where we can reproduce and share problems. Reproducing things there is the best way to troubleshoot most issues, especially those relating to layout and visual formatting. If you expect a detailed answer then it's appropriate for you to take on a significant part of the effort by getting as far as possible with an example of the problem on apex.oracle.com before asking for assistance with specific issues, which we can then see at first hand.Thank you for the response, but you are right, I did leave some info out. Take two:
I'm using the online Apex workspace, so the version is 4.2 Currently, I'm using the new theme throughout my application, Theme 26 (Which is actually really nice). The images are going to be displayed on the users profile page, which is composed of the following:
-An HTML Region containing several text fields, which show the users information
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I've been working with images lately, and I'm trying to do the following:
Users can upload images that adhere to my restrictions (ie, size, filetype, etc).It would help us to help you if you explained what you'd been doing with these images, how they are uploaded, where they are stored etc.At the moment, the images are simply stored in the database in a BLOB column. They will have no other use other than being used as backgrounds. Users can only have one image uploaded at a time. They are uploaded via the built in APEX item "File Browser".
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What I would then like to do with those images is set the users profile background to be the image itself. I need this to be dynamic, ie, no hard coding of image ids or anything like that. Is it possible to dynamically determine the page background using images in the database?Yes.
My theory is I may need to create a custom template for the profile page to do this but I'm not sure.That's possible, but probably more work than is necessary. Customized styling of individual pages can be applied using Page Attributes—precisely how is dependent on the APEX version used, hence the requirement for you to provide this information.Hopefully the above information clarifies my problem a little. In the meantime, I will look at the link you posted about page attributes. Thank you.

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