MS Word documents in forms/oracle database

How does one store a word document in the database. Should be able to store the binary file and be able to retrieve it by launching MS word. Can we use BLOB. If so how to store a file into a BLOB column and how to retrieve that when required in forms 6i?
I do not want to use OLE.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
TIA,
Tapas

Use long raw datatype. And use OLE concepts through application
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If u have a solution, let me know, I am also facing the same problem
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