How to display image that's in a table (BLOB datatype) in apex 4.0 report

Question

I have an image that is in a table and I'm trying to get it to display in a report. The upload takes place on 1 page and the report is on another page. The source for the report page is as follows:
select firstname,
lastname,
decode(nvl(dbms_lob.getlength(IMAGE),0),0,null,
'<img '||
'src="'||
apex_util.get_blob_file_src('P1_PHOTO',username)||
'" height="75" width="75" alt="Product Image" title="Product Image" />')
detail_img
from user_image
P1_PHOTO is the upload item on page 1. My report is on another page. The image is not displayed in the report. Any ideas would be appreciated.

Answer 1

Hi Charlie69,
Go the Report Attributes -> BLOB Column -> Number / Date Format. Below this attribute you will find
the link BLOB Download Format Mask which will open a dialog to fill in following information:
1) Format Mask: IMAGE
2) BLOB Table: Name of the table where to find the required BLOB
3) BLOB Column: Table column name where you stored the actual BLOB
4) Primary Key Column 1: Primary key of the table where BLOB is stored
5) Primary Key Column 2:
6) MIME Type Column: (Table column name where you stored the required information about BLOB)(Type: VARCHAR2)
7) Filename Column: (Table column name where you stored the required information about BLOB)(Type: VARCHAR2)
8) BLOB Last Updated Column: (Table column name where you stored the required information about BLOB)(Type: DATE)
9) Character Set Column: (Table column name where you stored the required information about BLOB)(Type: VARCHAR2)
10) Content Disposition: Inline(If you want to show it in the browser)
11) Download Link Text: (Not necessary when you want to show image)
I have set the format mask accordingly and the image is displayed in my report.
Hope it helps!
Regards,
Kiran