Create PDF from data in database

Hi together,
I want to create a PDF file during a database trigger execution
and want to save the result in a BLOB column.
I have no idea what to do.
Can someone give me a hint what to use to create the PDF?
Thanks for help

I've found this site
http://plpdf.com/index.html
but I don't know if It's free.
So, if you programming in asp code, there's a class called fpdf (derivated from the same class in php).
If you need, I can give you the referred.
Adios
Paolo from Madrid

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