Downloading of PPT using UTL_HTTP

Hi All,
I want one solution such a way that we have some urls stored in our database, so we are going to retrive the data that are in ppt format from this urls and store it in the ppt format in our database and my problem is the urls are password protected thats why when we use utl_http package we are getting blank ppt getting saved. So i want a solution as to how can we authenticate in the process ,while retrieving data from url.Can anybody please help me.
Thanks
Edited by: dil84 on Jan 19, 2009 11:45 PM

Hello,
Take a look at the following thread -
Re: UTL_HTTP.REQUEST_PIECES on a page that needs log in
Hope this helps,
John
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