Inserting to BLOB from Forms 6i

I need to take one of the following file types from a client machine and insert it into a BLOB column on the database:
Word, Excel, PDF, MS Project, GIF or JPG
I am using oracle forms 6i, the database is Oracle 9.2.
To get the file into the form, I believe I need to have the blob column defined as an ole_container. To put the file into the container, I need something like this:
:blob_name := GET_FILE_NAME('c:\');
if :attchmnt_name is not null
then
Initialize_Container('ATTCHMNT_FILE',:blob_name);
end if;
Am I missing something here?

Thanks for your response, Harish.
Unfortunately, I am still unable to connect to the database under Forms 6i or SQL*Plus 8.0 (under Oracle - OraHome81).
I have tried to modify the TNSnames.ora file as you suggested, but since there are several TNSnames.ora files under similar directory, I cannot be absolutely sure if I have modified the specific file that you intended me to. Below are the directories of the files that I tried to modify:
* Oracle\OraDev\NET80\ADMIN
* Oracle\OraAppSvr\NET80\ADMIN
* Oracle\oraenterprise\NET80\ADMIN
* Oracle\Ora81\NETWORK\ADMIN
Enclosed is also the modification that I added in the TNSnames.ora:
orcl.world =
(DESCRIPTION =
(ADDRESS_LIST =
(ADDRESS =
(COMMUNITY = tcp.world)
(PROTOCOL = TCP)
(Host = oracle.cba.uh.edu)
(Port = 1521)
(CONNECT_DATA = (SID = ORCL)
Moreover, I am also not sure about your last suggestion to add environmental variable in the registry of Forms. I would really appreciate it if you can elaborate on this.
Again, thanks very much for your help, Harish. I greatly appreciate it.

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<li><a href="<?php echo $logoutAction ?>">Log Out</a></li>
      </ul>
      <p> </p>
    </div>
</div>
<div class="content">
    <h1>Account Details</h1>
    <p>Below are the details you have provided us with about your nursery/setting.</p>
    <p> </p>
    <form id="accountdetailsform" name="accountdetailsform" method="post" action="recUpdate.php?RecruiterID=<?php echo $row_rsAccountDetails['RecruiterID']; ?>">
      <table width="580" border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="3" id="accountdetails">
        <tr>
          <td width="212" scope="col">Nursery/Setting Name</td>
          <td width="347" scope="col"><?php echo $row_rsAccountDetails['client']; ?></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>Contact Name</td>
          <td><?php echo $row_rsAccountDetails['contactname']; ?></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>Setting Type</td>
          <td><?php echo $row_rsAccountDetails['settingtype']; ?></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>Nursery/Setting</td>
          <td><?php echo $row_rsAccountDetails['Setting']; ?></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>Building Name/Number</td>
          <td><?php echo $row_rsAccountDetails['buildingnumber']; ?></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>Street Name</td>
          <td><?php echo $row_rsAccountDetails['streetname']; ?></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>Address</td>
          <td><?php echo $row_rsAccountDetails['address3']; ?></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>Town/City</td>
          <td><?php echo $row_rsAccountDetails['town']; ?></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>Post Code</td>
          <td><?php echo $row_rsAccountDetails['postcode']; ?></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>Region</td>
          <td><?php echo $row_rsAccountDetails['region']; ?></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>Telephone</td>
          <td><?php echo $row_rsAccountDetails['telephone']; ?></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>Email</td>
          <td><?php echo $row_rsAccountDetails['email']; ?></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>Website</td>
          <td><?php echo $row_rsAccountDetails['WebAddress']; ?></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>Password</td>
          <td> </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>Logo</td>
          <td><img src="<?php echo $row_rsAccountDetails['Image']; ?>" alt="Logo" /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>Date Registered</td>
          <td><?php echo $row_rsAccountDetails['dateregistered']; ?></td>
        </tr>
      </table>
      <p>
        <input name="hiddenField" type="hidden" id="hiddenField" value="<?php echo $row_rsAccountDetails['RecruiterID']; ?>" />
      </p>
      <p>
        <input type="submit" name="Update" id="Update" value="Update Details" />
      </p>
      <p> </p>
    </form>
    <p> </p>
    <table width="600" border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="3" class="postform">
      <tr>      </tr>
      <tr>      </tr>
      <tr>      </tr>
    </table>
    <p> </p>
<p> </p>
</div>
<div class="sidebar2">
    <h4> </h4>
    </div>
<div class="footer">
    <p><a href="../index.php">Home</a> | <a href="../contactus.php">Contact us</a> | <a href="../PrivacyPolicy.php">Privacy</a> | <a href="../termsandconditions.php">Terms of Business</a></p>
    <p>© theNurseryJobSite.com 2011</p>
    </div>
</div>
<script type="text/javascript">
var MenuBar1 = new Spry.Widget.MenuBar("MenuBar1", {imgDown:"SpryAssets/SpryMenuBarDownHover.gif", imgRight:"SpryAssets/SpryMenuBarRightHover.gif"});
var MenuBar2 = new Spry.Widget.MenuBar("MenuBar2", {imgRight:"../SpryAssets/SpryMenuBarRightHover.gif"});
</script>
</body>
</html>
<?php
mysql_free_result($rsAccountDetails);
?>

Hi
You were right – I had to insert full path and it has worked so thanks.
Would you be able to help me out with inserting the logo into a job post page and the recordset I will need to insert the logo?
Basically I want to add the logo that is uploaded when a client registers on the site onto a job info page. To access the the details about a job, jobseekers just click on the job that interests them which takes them to the job details page which pulls all the information from the "Job" table in the database. However, the logo is stored in the "image" field in the "Recruiter" table in the database.   I have tried setting up a recordset as:-
SELECT Image
FROM recruiters
WHERE RecruiterID = colname
(colname = $_GET['RecruiterID'])
<?php require_once('../Connections/laura.php'); ?>
<?php
//initialize the session
if (!isset($_SESSION)) {
session_start();
// ** Logout the current user. **
$logoutAction = $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']."?doLogout=true";
if ((isset($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'])) && ($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'] != "")){
$logoutAction .="&". htmlentities($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING']);
if ((isset($_GET['doLogout'])) &&($_GET['doLogout']=="true")){
//to fully log out a visitor we need to clear the session varialbles
$_SESSION['MM_Username'] = NULL;
$_SESSION['MM_UserGroup'] = NULL;
$_SESSION['PrevUrl'] = NULL;
unset($_SESSION['MM_Username']);
unset($_SESSION['MM_UserGroup']);
unset($_SESSION['PrevUrl']);
$logoutGoTo = "../index.php";
if ($logoutGoTo) {
    header("Location: $logoutGoTo");
    exit;
?>
<?php
if (!isset($_SESSION)) {
session_start();
$MM_authorizedUsers = "Recruiter";
$MM_donotCheckaccess = "false";
// *** Restrict Access To Page: Grant or deny access to this page
function isAuthorized($strUsers, $strGroups, $UserName, $UserGroup) {
// For security, start by assuming the visitor is NOT authorized.
$isValid = False;
// When a visitor has logged into this site, the Session variable MM_Username set equal to their username.
// Therefore, we know that a user is NOT logged in if that Session variable is blank.
if (!empty($UserName)) {
    // Besides being logged in, you may restrict access to only certain users based on an ID established when they login.
    // Parse the strings into arrays.
    $arrUsers = Explode(",", $strUsers);
    $arrGroups = Explode(",", $strGroups);
    if (in_array($UserName, $arrUsers)) {
      $isValid = true;
    // Or, you may restrict access to only certain users based on their username.
    if (in_array($UserGroup, $arrGroups)) {
      $isValid = true;
    if (($strUsers == "") && false) {
      $isValid = true;
return $isValid;
$MM_restrictGoTo = "../Unavailablepage.php";
if (!((isset($_SESSION['MM_Username'])) && (isAuthorized("",$MM_authorizedUsers, $_SESSION['MM_Username'], $_SESSION['MM_UserGroup'])))) {
$MM_qsChar = "?";
$MM_referrer = $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];
if (strpos($MM_restrictGoTo, "?")) $MM_qsChar = "&";
if (isset($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING']) && strlen($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING']) > 0)
$MM_referrer .= "?" . $_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'];
$MM_restrictGoTo = $MM_restrictGoTo. $MM_qsChar . "accesscheck=" . urlencode($MM_referrer);
header("Location: ". $MM_restrictGoTo);
exit;
?>
<?php
if (!function_exists("GetSQLValueString")) {
function GetSQLValueString($theValue, $theType, $theDefinedValue = "", $theNotDefinedValue = "")
if (PHP_VERSION < 6) {
    $theValue = get_magic_quotes_gpc() ? stripslashes($theValue) : $theValue;
$theValue = function_exists("mysql_real_escape_string") ? mysql_real_escape_string($theValue) : mysql_escape_string($theValue);
switch ($theType) {
    case "text":
      $theValue = ($theValue != "") ? "'" . $theValue . "'" : "NULL";
      break;
    case "long":
    case "int":
      $theValue = ($theValue != "") ? intval($theValue) : "NULL";
      break;
    case "double":
      $theValue = ($theValue != "") ? doubleval($theValue) : "NULL";
      break;
    case "date":
      $theValue = ($theValue != "") ? "'" . $theValue . "'" : "NULL";
      break;
    case "defined":
      $theValue = ($theValue != "") ? $theDefinedValue : $theNotDefinedValue;
      break;
return $theValue;
$colname_rsDetails = "-1";
if (isset($_GET['JobID'])) {
$colname_rsDetails = $_GET['JobID'];
mysql_select_db($database_laura, $laura);
$query_rsDetails = sprintf("SELECT * FROM jobs WHERE JobID = %s", GetSQLValueString($colname_rsDetails, "text"));
$rsDetails = mysql_query($query_rsDetails, $laura) or die(mysql_error());
$row_rsDetails = mysql_fetch_assoc($rsDetails);
$totalRows_rsDetails = "-1";
if (isset($_GET['JobID'])) {
$totalRows_rsDetails = $_GET['JobID'];
mysql_select_db($database_laura, $laura);
$query_rsDetails = sprintf("SELECT recruiters.Image, jobs.JobID, jobs.RecruiterID, jobs.jobtitle, jobs.`Position`, jobs.Nursery, jobs.branchlocation, jobs.ContactName, jobs.JobDescription, jobs.Location, jobs.town, jobs.employmenttype, jobs.Hours, jobs.qualifications, jobs.Salary, jobs.ContactNo, jobs.Email, jobs.dateposted FROM jobs, recruiters WHERE JobID = %s", GetSQLValueString($colname_rsDetails, "int"));
$rsDetails = mysql_query($query_rsDetails, $laura) or die(mysql_error());
$row_rsDetails = mysql_fetch_assoc($rsDetails);
$totalRows_rsDetails = "-1";
if (isset($_GET['JobID'])) {
$totalRows_rsDetails = $_GET['JobID'];
mysql_select_db($database_laura, $laura);
$query_rsDetails = sprintf("SELECT recruiters.Image, jobs.JobID, jobs.RecruiterID, jobs.jobtitle, jobs.`Position`, jobs.Nursery, jobs.branchlocation, jobs.ContactName, jobs.JobDescription, jobs.Location, jobs.town, jobs.employmenttype, jobs.Hours, jobs.qualifications, jobs.Salary, jobs.ContactNo, jobs.Email, jobs.dateposted FROM jobs, recruiters WHERE JobID = %s", GetSQLValueString($colname_rsDetails, "int"));
$rsDetails = mysql_query($query_rsDetails, $laura) or die(mysql_error());
$row_rsDetails = mysql_fetch_assoc($rsDetails);
$totalRows_rsDetails = "-1";
if (isset($_GET['JobID'])) {
$totalRows_rsDetails = $_GET['JobID'];
mysql_select_db($database_laura, $laura);
$query_rsDetails = sprintf("SELECT recruiters.Image, jobs.JobID, jobs.RecruiterID, jobs.jobtitle, jobs.`Position`, jobs.Nursery, jobs.branchlocation, jobs.ContactName, jobs.JobDescription, jobs.Location, jobs.town, jobs.employmenttype, jobs.Hours, jobs.qualifications, jobs.Salary, jobs.ContactNo, jobs.Email, jobs.dateposted FROM jobs, recruiters WHERE JobID = %s", GetSQLValueString($totalRows_rsDetails, "int"));
$rsDetails = mysql_query($query_rsDetails, $laura) or die(mysql_error());
$row_rsDetails = mysql_fetch_assoc($rsDetails);
$totalRows_rsDetails = mysql_num_rows($rsDetails);
$colname_rsRecruiterID2 = "-1";
if (isset($_GET['RecruiterID'])) {
$colname_rsRecruiterID2 = $_GET['RecruiterID'];
mysql_select_db($database_laura, $laura);
$query_rsRecruiterID2 = sprintf("SELECT RecruiterID FROM recruiters WHERE RecruiterID = %s", GetSQLValueString($colname_rsRecruiterID2, "int"));
$rsRecruiterID2 = mysql_query($query_rsRecruiterID2, $laura) or die(mysql_error());
$row_rsRecruiterID2 = mysql_fetch_assoc($rsRecruiterID2);
$totalRows_rsRecruiterID2 = mysql_num_rows($rsRecruiterID2);
$colname_rsRecruiterID = "-1";
if (isset($_SESSION['MM_Username'])) {
$colname_rsRecruiterID = $_SESSION['MM_Username'];
mysql_select_db($database_laura, $laura);
$query_rsRecruiterID = sprintf("SELECT RecruiterID FROM recruiters WHERE email = %s", GetSQLValueString($colname_rsRecruiterID, "text"));
$rsRecruiterID = mysql_query($query_rsRecruiterID, $laura) or die(mysql_error());
$row_rsRecruiterID = mysql_fetch_assoc($rsRecruiterID);
$totalRows_rsRecruiterID = mysql_num_rows($rsRecruiterID);
$colname_Recordset1 = "-1";
if (isset($_GET['RecruiterID'])) {
$colname_Recordset1 = $_GET['RecruiterID'];
mysql_select_db($database_laura, $laura);
$query_Recordset1 = sprintf("SELECT Image FROM recruiters WHERE RecruiterID = %s", GetSQLValueString($colname_Recordset1, "int"));
$Recordset1 = mysql_query($query_Recordset1, $laura) or die(mysql_error());
$row_Recordset1 = mysql_fetch_assoc($Recordset1);
$totalRows_Recordset1 = mysql_num_rows($Recordset1);
$query_rsJobs = "SELECT * FROM jobs";
$rsJobs = mysql_query($query_rsJobs, $laura) or die(mysql_error());
$row_rsJobs = mysql_fetch_assoc($rsJobs);
$totalRows_rsJobs = mysql_num_rows($rsJobs);
$colname_rsJobs = "-1";
if (isset($_GET['Position'])) {
$colname_rsJobs = $_GET['Position'];
$varLocation_rsJobs = "-1";
if (isset($_GET['Location'])) {
$varLocation_rsJobs = $_GET['Location'];
mysql_select_db($database_laura, $laura);
$query_rsJobs = sprintf("SELECT `Position`, Nursery, Location, Salary, Email, ContactNo, JobDescription, JobID FROM jobs WHERE `Position` = %s AND jobs.Location = %s", GetSQLValueString($colname_rsJobs, "text"),GetSQLValueString($varLocation_rsJobs, "text"));
$rsJobs = mysql_query($query_rsJobs, $laura) or die(mysql_error());
$row_rsJobs = mysql_fetch_assoc($rsJobs);
?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />
<title>Nursery and Childcare Jobs in the UK</title>
<link href="../CSS/Global.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<script src="../SpryAssets/SpryMenuBar.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<link href="../SpryAssets/SpryMenuBarHorizontal.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<link href="../SpryAssets/SpryMenuBarVertical.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />

<script type="text/javascript">
var _gaq = _gaq || [];
_gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-6435415-4']);
_gaq.push(['_trackPageview']);
(function() {
    var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true;
    ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js';
    var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s);
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div class="container">
<div class="header"><a href="../index.php"><img src="../Images/Logo.png" width="900" height="200" alt="the Nursery Job Site" /></a></div>
<div class="navbar"> <ul id="MenuBar1" class="MenuBarHorizontal">
      <li><a href="thenurseryjobsite.php">About the Nursery Job Site</a>      </li>
      <li><a href="#" class="MenuBarItemSubmenu">Recruiters</a>
        <ul>
          <li><a href="Recruiterarea/recruiterbenefits.php">Benefits</a></li>
          <li><a href="Recruiterarea/recruiterfees.php">Fees</a></li>
          <li><a href="Recruiterarea/reclogin.php">Login</a></li>
          <li><a href="Recruiterarea/recreg.php">Register</a></li>
        </ul>
      </li>
      <li><a class="MenuBarItemSubmenu" href="#">Jobseekers</a>
        <ul>
          <li><a href="Jobseekerarea/jobseekerbenefits.php">Benefits</a>          </li>
          <li><a href="Jobseekerarea/jslogin.php">Login</a></li>
          <li><a href="Jobseekerarea/jobseekerreg1.php">Register</a></li>
        </ul>
      </li>
      <li><a href="contactus.php">Contact Us</a></li>
    </ul> </div> 
<div class="sidebar1">
    <p> </p>
    <div class="recruitsidebar">
      <ul id="MenuBar2" class="MenuBarVertical">
        <li><a href="postajob.php">Post a Job</a></li>
        <li><a href="recAccdetails.php?RecruiterID=<?php echo $row_rsRecruiterID['RecruiterID']; ?>">My Details </a></li>
        <li><a href="recruiterjobs1.php">My Jobs</a></li>
        <li><a href="Saferrecruitment.php">Safer Recruitment</a></li>
        <li><a href="Interview1.php" class="MenuBarItemSubmenu">Interviewing Staff</a>
          <ul>
            <li><a href="recInterviewquestions.php">Nursery Staff Interview Questions</a></li>
          </ul>
        </li>
        <li><a href="Nurseryjobsdescriptions.php">Nursery Job Descriptions</a></li>
        <li><a href="recruiterarea.php">Recruiter Home</a></li>
<li><a href="<?php echo $logoutAction ?>">Log Out</a></li>
      </ul>
      <p> </p>
    </div>
</div>
<div class="content">
    <h1> </h1>
<div class="detailheading" id="detailheading">
      <h1> </h1>
      <table width="564" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="3" id="headingtable">
        <tr>
          <td width="89" height="44" align="center" class="headertext"><h1>Nursery:</h1></td>
          <td width="283" class="headertext"><?php echo $row_rsDetails['Nursery']; ?></td>
          <td width="162" rowspan="2"><img src="<?php echo $row_Recordset1['Image']; ?>" alt="" name="nurserylogo" align="right" id="nurserylogo" /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr align="left" class="headertext">
          <td width="89" height="44" align="center"><h1 class="headertext">Job Title:</h1></td>
          <td align="left"><?php echo $row_rsDetails['jobtitle']; ?></td>
        </tr>
      </table>
      <p> </p>
    </div>
    <table width="568" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="3" class="detail" id="detailtable">
      <tr>
        <td width="162" scope="col">Job Title</td>
        <td width="381" scope="col"><?php echo $row_rsDetails['jobtitle']; ?></td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>Nursery</td>
        <td><?php echo $row_rsDetails['Nursery']; ?></td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>Branch Name/Location</td>
        <td><?php echo $row_rsDetails['branchlocation']; ?></td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>Location</td>
        <td><?php echo $row_rsDetails['Location']; ?>,<?php echo $row_rsDetails['town']; ?></td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td valign="top">Job Description</td>
        <td><p> </p>
          <p><?php echo $row_rsDetails['JobDescription']; ?></p>
        <p> </p></td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>Qualifications Required</td>
        <td><?php echo $row_rsDetails['qualifications']; ?></td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>Employment Type</td>
        <td><?php echo $row_rsDetails['employmenttype']; ?></td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>Hours</td>
        <td><?php echo $row_rsDetails['Hours']; ?></td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>Salary</td>
        <td>£<?php echo $row_rsDetails['Salary']; ?></td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>Contact Number</td>
        <td><?php echo $row_rsDetails['ContactNo']; ?></td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>Email</td>
        <td><?php echo $row_rsDetails['Email']; ?></td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>Date Posted</td>
        <td><?php echo $row_rsDetails['dateposted']; ?></td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>Job ID</td>
        <td><?php echo $row_rsDetails['JobID']; ?></td>
      </tr>
    </table>
    <p><br />
    </p>
    <form id="recruiterjobsform" name="recruiterjobsform" method="post" action="recruiterjobs1.php">
      <input name="RecruiterIDjobs" type="hidden" id="RecruiterIDjobs" value="<?php echo $row_rsDetails['RecruiterID']; ?>" />
      <input type="submit" name="button" id="button" value="return to my jobs" />
    </form>
    <p> </p>
<script type="text/javascript">
var MenuBar2 = new Spry.Widget.MenuBar("MenuBar2", {imgRight:"../SpryAssets/SpryMenuBarRightHover.gif"});
    </script><script type="text/javascript">
var MenuBar1 = new Spry.Widget.MenuBar("MenuBar1", {imgDown:"SpryAssets/SpryMenuBarDownHover.gif", imgRight:"SpryAssets/SpryMenuBarRightHover.gif"});
var MenuBar2 = new Spry.Widget.MenuBar("MenuBar2", {imgRight:"../SpryAssets/SpryMenuBarRightHover.gif"});
</script>
<p> </p>
</div>
<div class="sidebar2">
    <h4> </h4>
    </div>
<div class="footer">
    <p><a href="../index.php">Home</a> | <a href="../contactus.php">Contact us</a> | <a href="../PrivacyPolicy.php">Privacy</a> | <a href="../termsandconditions.php">Terms of Business</a></p>
    <p>© theNurseryJobSite.com 2011</p>
    </div>
</div>
<script type="text/javascript">
var MenuBar1 = new Spry.Widget.MenuBar("MenuBar1", {imgDown:"SpryAssets/SpryMenuBarDownHover.gif", imgRight:"SpryAssets/SpryMenuBarRightHover.gif"});
var MenuBar2 = new Spry.Widget.MenuBar("MenuBar2", {imgRight:"../SpryAssets/SpryMenuBarRightHover.gif"});
</script>
</body>
</html>
<?php
mysql_free_result($rsDetails);
mysql_free_result($rsRecruiterID2);
mysql_free_result($rsRecruiterID);
mysql_free_result($Recordset1);
?>

Display BLOB from remote database

Context: We are offloading documents (pdf) from our OLTP database to a dedicated 'output database.' These documents must be displayed from the application on our OLTP database using a database link. Various posts show that querying a BLOB from a remote database can best be implemented using a query on the remote table and an insert on a local (temporary) table. So far, so good. The idea is to display this BLOB using wpg_docload.download_file.
BUT:
When trying to display the pdf from this global temporary table an error occurs:
ORA-14453: attempt to use a LOB of a temporary table, whose data has already been purged
When trying to display from a normal table and issuing a rollback after wpg_docload.download_file results in another error:
ORA-22922: nonexistent LOB value
When trying to display from a normal table and not removing the record in any way, its works fine. Only I now have a garbage collection issue, because the remote date remain in my local (preferably temporary) table.
It seems to me that mod_plsql needs an active session to display my pdf.
Does anyone have an explanation for this behaviour and maybe a solution for my problem?
Environment:
local: 10.2.0.4.0
remote: 11.1.0.7.0
pdf size: ca. 150kB
code used:
PROCEDURE show_doc (p_nta_id IN NUMBER
,p_sessie IN NUMBER
IS
t_lob BLOB;
t_lob2 BLOB := empty_blob();
t_mime VARCHAR2(100);
BEGIN
-- copy BLOB into local global temp table
INSERT INTO mvs_tmp_notaprint_bestanden
npv_nta_id
, npv_npe_sessie
, mime_type
, bestand
) -- from remote table
SELECT npd.npv_nta_id
,npd.npv_npe_sessie
,npd.mime_type
,npd.bestand
FROM mvs_notaprint_bestanden@marc npd
WHERE npd.npv_nta_id ; = p_nta_id
AND npd.npv_npe_sessie = p_sessie
-- show BLOB from local global temp table
SELECT t.bestand
, t.mime_type
INTO t_lob
, t_mime
FROM mvs_tmp_notaprint_bestanden t
WHERE t.npv_nta_id ; = p_nta_id
AND t.npv_npe_sessie ; = p_sessie
t_lob2 := t_lob; -- buffer BLOB
owa_util.mime_header(t_mime , FALSE );
owa_util.http_header_close;
wpg_docload.download_file(t_lob2);
END show_doc;

Andrew,
thank you, the 'preserve rows' did the trick.
Every query from a browser (even in the same browser session) is a new Oracle session, so the copied records in the global temporary table are gone after the page is displayed.
Am I correct in assuming that each call from the browser results in a new Oracle session? I did a few tests and found for each call a different sessionid.
Sincerly,
Arne Suverein
Edited by: Arne Suverein on Aug 18, 2009 3:35 PM

Accessing Java Classes from Forms

Is is possible to access a Java class from Forms? I have been
creating an Active X control that returns a Java object, and from
that I can call methods on that object, but I would really like
to do that without having and Active X control in the mix. Any
suggestions?
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Oracle Developer Team wrote:
: Robert Nocera (guest) wrote:
: : Oracle Developer Team wrote:
: : : hey robert -
: : : Developer 6.0 provides this ability for web deployment.
You
: : can
: : : insert your own custom Java components into your
application
: : and
: : : they will appear in the application when it is run via the
: web.
: : : If you look at the documentation for 6.0, there are a few
: : : section son Pluggable Java Components and JavaBeans that
: : : describes what is provided and how you use the interfaces
: and
: : : classes we provide.
: : : A whitepaper on this topic will be posted to the OTN
: shortly,
: : as
: : : well as some samples that illustrate how to go about doing
: it.
: : : cheers!
: : : -Oracle Developer Team-
: : Thanks for the quick response. Is there any way to access
: those
: : classes without being in a web deployment. That's probably
: not
: : totally out of the question, but what we had in mind was
: adding
: : some Java Functionality (actually connectictivity to some
EJBs
: : that we have) to existing forms. Currently there forms are
: not
: : deployed in a "web" environment and are just run from the
: forms
: : runtime engine.
: : -Rob
: hey again robert -
: there's no easy way (yet!) to call out from forms runtime
: process to a Java application.
: We've played around some with creating an ORA_FFI interface to
: JNI and then wrappering this with PL/SQL code. We've been able
: to make calling into an EJB running in 8i from a forms runtime
: work using this approach.
: Let me know if this is of interest to you and I can post the
: stuff we've currently got. It's no more than a simple demo and
: is not complete. It requires quite a bit of manual coding on
: the PL/SQL side since the interface emulates JNI (FindClass,
: GetMethodID, CallMethodID, etc.).
: cheers!
: -the Oracle Developer Team-
I'd be interested in this ORA_FFI doc you've been playing with.
Would you please email it to me or post it.
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How to move BLOBs from one table to another ??

Hi All,
I am trying to move blobs from one table to another, however my insert statement is not working. What i mean is its running, but records are not being inserted into the table.
This is my first time moving blobs, so please bear with me.
here is my insert statement:
INSERT INTO CASES.FILESTORAGE
SELECT      DID,
          DRENDITIONID,
          DLASTMODIFIED,
          DFILESIZE,
          DISDELETED,
          BFILEDATA       // this attribute is the BLOB
FROM      USSC_CASES_TMP.FILESTORAGE
WHERE      DID NOT IN (SELECT DID FROM CASES.FILESTORAGE);here is the DDL for the table.
CREATE TABLE "USSC_CASES_TMP"."FILESTORAGE"
    "DID"          NUMBER(*,0) NOT NULL ,
    "DRENDITIONID" VARCHAR2(30 CHAR) NOT NULL ,
    "DLASTMODIFIED" TIMESTAMP (6),
    "DFILESIZE" NUMBER(*,0),
    "DISDELETED" VARCHAR2(1 CHAR),
    "BFILEDATA" BLOB,
    CONSTRAINT "PK_FILESTORAGE" PRIMARY KEY ("DID", "DRENDITIONID")
);CASES.FILESTORAGE table has the same DDL, but in a different schema.
Thanks in advance.

If this seems rather straight forward. If the schema are exact simply execute:
inset into [destination] select * from [source] ;if something is amiss you should be throwing errors someplace* but try this:
create table [scratch table name] as select * from [source table] where [place some limit here] ;If this does not work then something someplace is very wrong and if you are not the DBA you need to get this persons attention, fairly quickly. I would do the above from sqlplus and then after each statement would:
commit;then check to see if it succeeded.

Read/Write pdf's as blobs using forms 10g

Hi All,
I have a table called IMAGES in which i store the pdfs as blobs.
It was successfully working fine with me when I was using forms 6i.
Recently I installed oracle 10g and just found that 10G doesnt support OLE.
I came to know about WEBUTIL package and I have already included in the form.
Could you please help me out how can utilize this WEBUTIL package to read/write blobs from database.
If you have already developed any code like that, could please forward me?

The WebUtil_file_transfer.client_to_db and db_to_client will give you direct access to read and write to the blob - I think the Demo form on
http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/forms/htdocs/webutil/webutil.htm
has an example of this

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