PL SQL File Download - file name shows up as procedure name?

Question

Hello,
I have been following the article below to create a download link to my db blobs, however when downloading the files, the file name appears as the procedure name as opposed to the desired file name.
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E10513_01/doc/appdev.310/e10497/up_dn_files.htm#CIHDDJGF
any ideas why this is happening?
Thanks,
J

Answer 1

I've been having this exact problem all morning and I haven't found a workaround yet. The example posted by ptjurley doesn't quite clarify it for me. I am trying to play a video located in a table using an embedded windows media player. I'm working off these instructions: http://iadvise.blogspot.com/2007/10/apex-implementing-video-on-your-apex.html
This is the code for the otherwise blank HTML region on the page:
<object id="MediaPlayer" width=320 height=286 classid="CLSID:22D6f312-B0F6-11D0-94AB-0080C74C7E95" standby="Loading Windows Media Player components..." type="application/x-oleobject" codebase="http://activex.microsoft.com/activex/controls/mplayer/en/nsmp2inf.cab#Version=6,4,7,1112">
<param name="filename" value="#OWNER#.download_video_file?p_file_id=935">
<param name="Showcontrols" value="True">
<param name="autoStart" value="True">
<embed type="application/x-mplayer2" src="#OWNER#.download_video_file?p_file_id=935" name="MediaPlayer" width=720 height=540></embed>
</object>
Even when the filename and embed source is left blank like this: <param name="filename" value=""> I get the same error when trying to load the page. How exactly was this problem fixed, if it was resolved? I assume it's something to do with APEX not recognizing that #OWNER# is a variable within the HTML region, but I could be wrong.
Also, the code for my procedure differs from the example given in the above link, since APEX didn't like the way it was written. This is the download_video_file procedure I am trying to run:
create or replace PROCEDURE download_video_file(p_file_id IN HOMEPAGE_PHOTOS.id%TYPE) as
v_mime VARCHAR2(48);
v_length NUMBER;
v_file_name VARCHAR2(2000);
Lob_loc BLOB;
BEGIN
SELECT blob_content, mime_type, dbms_lob.getlength(blob_content) file_length, name
INTO Lob_loc,v_mime,v_length,v_file_name
FROM HOMEPAGE_PHOTOS
WHERE id = p_file_id;
owa_util.mime_header(v_mime, FALSE);
htp.p('Content-length: '||v_length);
htp.p('Content-Disposition: attachment;
filename="'||replace(replace(substr(v_file_name,instr(v_file_name, '/')+1),chr(10),null),chr(13),null)||'"');
owa_util.http_header_close;
wpg_docload.download_file(Lob_loc);
end download_video_file;
Edited by: user11293104 on Jun 22, 2009 12:41 PM