Pdf as blob in DB

Dear All,
I have an application developed in oracle forms 10 g .
In the forms , On Button Press , I and generating a report in PDF using
web.show_document('/reports/rwservlet?&report=CBSALPDR.rep&desformat=pdf&destype=cache'|| .........)
The report is getting previews in PDF without any problem.
Now the users wants to insert this PDF report into the database and keep it for future reference.
Is there any way to do this ?
Kindly help
Thanks
Ajith

hi ajith,
could you pls help me that how to load bfile in apex (oracle application express).
pls let me know coding and all procedure.
thanks

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Src_loc BFILE := BFILENAME('DIR_TESTCASE', 'intermedia.pdf');
BEGIN
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VALUES(1, 'InterMedia Concepts')
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SCOTT@orcl_11g> CREATE TABLE my_files
2    (id   NUMBER,
3      doc BLOB)
4 /
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SCOTT@orcl_11g> CREATE OR REPLACE DIRECTORY DIR_TESTCASE AS 'c:\oracle11g'
2 /
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2    Dest_loc BLOB;
3    Src_loc     BFILE;
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5    INSERT INTO my_files (id, doc) VALUES (1, EMPTY_BLOB())
6    RETURNING doc INTO Dest_loc;
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9    DBMS_LOB.LOADFROMFILE (Dest_loc, Src_loc, dbms_lob.getlength (Src_loc));
10    DBMS_LOB.FILECLOSE (Src_loc);
11    INSERT INTO my_files (id, doc) VALUES (2, EMPTY_BLOB())
12    RETURNING doc INTO Dest_loc;
13    Src_loc := BFILENAME ('DIR_TESTCASE', 'test1.doc');
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15    DBMS_LOB.LOADFROMFILE (Dest_loc, Src_loc, dbms_lob.getlength (Src_loc));
16    DBMS_LOB.FILECLOSE (Src_loc);
17 END;
18 /
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SCOTT@orcl_11g> INSERT INTO my_files (id, doc)
2 VALUES (3, UTL_RAW.CAST_TO_RAW ('blob data for id 3'))
3 /
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SCOTT@orcl_11g> COMMIT
2 /
Commit complete.
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2 /
        ID DBMS_LOB.GETLENGTH(DOC)
         1                  222824
         2                   19968
         3                      18
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2      INDEXTYPE IS CTXSYS.CONTEXT
3 /
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2 /
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2          UTL_RAW.CAST_TO_VARCHAR2 (DBMS_LOB.SUBSTR (doc, 18, 1)) AS first_45
3 FROM   my_files
4 /
        ID FIRST_45
         1 %PDF-1.5
%âãÏÓ
           1
         2 ÐÏà¡±á
         3 blob data for id 3
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2          CTX_DOC.SNIPPET
3            ('MY_FILES_IDX',
4             ROWID,
5             'contents OR (fruit of the month) OR data',
6             '<<',
7             '>>')
8            AS keywords_in_context
9 FROM   my_files
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5 /
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3 /
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2    (src_file IN VARCHAR2)
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SCOTT@orcl_11g> SELECT id, DBMS_LOB.GETLENGTH (docs)
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3 /
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