Retrieving contents of a BLOB column using XSQL

I am using a simple XSQL page to retrieve some data from a 9i database and the majority of it works fine.
When I try and retrieve data from a BLOB column I just get a stream of numbers in the result when I am expecting to see some XML data.
Query:
<xsql:query>
SELECT GLOBALINDEXEDBLOB FROM {@db} WHERE {@where}
</xsql:query>
Result:
<?xml version = '1.0'?>
<a-query db="ODMM_CONTENTSTORE" where="id=1">
<DETAIL>
<ROWSET><ROW num="1"><GLOBALINDEXEDBLOB>3C3F786D6C2076657273696F6E3D22312E30223F3E0A3C212D2D20467261676D6 ....
</GLOBALINDEXEDBLOB></ROW></ROWSET>
</DETAIL>
</a-query>
Any ideas what I'm doing wrong here ?
Thanks in advance
Niels Montanana

Hi
Have you read through this in the help?
Home > Advanced Programming Techni... > About BLOB Support in Forms... > About BLOB Support in Reports
I'm not sure if it's in 2.2 though...
Cheers
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I keep being asked about BLOBs. For posterity, here is my example updated
to use the new PHP 5 OCI8 function names, and using bind variables for the BLOB id.
-- cj
<?php
// Sample form to upload and insert an image into an ORACLE BLOB
// column using PHP 5's OCI8 API.
// Note: Uses the new PHP 5 names for OCI8 functions.
// Before running this script, execute these statements in SQL*Plus:
//   drop table btab;
//   create table btab (blobid number, blobdata blob);
// This example uploads an image file and inserts it into a BLOB
// column. The image is retrieved back from the column and displayed.
// Make sure there is no whitespace before "<?php" else the wrong HTTP
// header will be sent and the image won't display properly.
// Make sure php.ini's value for upload_max_filesize is large enough
// for the largest lob to be uploaded.
// Tested with Zend Core for Oracle 1.3 (i.e. PHP 5.0.5) with Oracle 10.2
// Based on a sample originally found in
//     http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.ocinewdescriptor.php
$myblobid = 1; // should really be a unique id e.g. a sequence number
define("ORA_CON_UN", "hr");             // username
define("ORA_CON_PW", "hr");             // password
define("ORA_CON_DB", "//localhost/XE"); // connection string
if (!isset($_FILES['lob_upload'])) {
?>
<form action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>" method="POST"
   enctype="multipart/form-data">
Image filename: <input type="file" name="lob_upload">
<input type="submit" value="Upload">
</form>
<?php
else {
$conn = oci_connect(ORA_CON_UN, ORA_CON_PW, ORA_CON_DB);
// Delete any existing BLOB so the query at the bottom
// displays the new data
$query = 'DELETE FROM BTAB WHERE BLOBID = :MYBLOBID';
$stmt = oci_parse ($conn, $query);
oci_bind_by_name($stmt, ':MYBLOBID', $myblobid);
$e = oci_execute($stmt, OCI_COMMIT_ON_SUCCESS);
if (!$e) {
    die;
oci_free_statement($stmt);
// Insert the BLOB from PHP's tempory upload area
$lob = oci_new_descriptor($conn, OCI_D_LOB);
$stmt = oci_parse($conn, 'INSERT INTO BTAB (BLOBID, BLOBDATA) '
         .'VALUES(:MYBLOBID, EMPTY_BLOB()) RETURNING BLOBDATA INTO :BLOBDATA');
oci_bind_by_name($stmt, ':MYBLOBID', $myblobid);
oci_bind_by_name($stmt, ':BLOBDATA', $lob, -1, OCI_B_BLOB);
oci_execute($stmt, OCI_DEFAULT);
// The function $lob->savefile(...) reads from the uploaded file.
// If the data was already in a PHP variable $myv, the
// $lob->save($myv) function could be used instead.
if ($lob->savefile($_FILES['lob_upload']['tmp_name'])) {
    oci_commit($conn);
else {
    echo "Couldn't upload Blob\n";
$lob->free();
oci_free_statement($stmt);
// Now query the uploaded BLOB and display it
$query = 'SELECT BLOBDATA FROM BTAB WHERE BLOBID = :MYBLOBID';
$stmt = oci_parse ($conn, $query);
oci_bind_by_name($stmt, ':MYBLOBID', $myblobid);
oci_execute($stmt, OCI_DEFAULT);
$arr = oci_fetch_assoc($stmt);
$result = $arr['BLOBDATA']->load();
// If any text (or whitespace!) is printed before this header is sent,
// the text won't be displayed and the image won't display properly.
// Comment out this line to see the text and debug such a problem.
header("Content-type: image/JPEG");
echo $result;
oci_free_statement($stmt);
oci_close($conn); // log off
?>

I am using oracle 10g [10.2.0.1.0] and PHP 4.3.9 with Apache.
I tried my best to change the old functions names for example(oci_fetch)
to the new (OCIFetch),i works every where, but i could not find the corresponded functions of (oci_fetch_assoc) that's why i can not see my BLOBS at all!
Can some help me please, to know where are corresponded functions of oracle 8 to oracle 10g?
Exactly here is my problem:
$query = 'SELECT BLOBDATA FROM BTAB WHERE BLOBID = :MYBLOBID';
$stmt = ociparse ($conn, $query);
OCIBindByName($stmt, ':MYBLOBID', $myblobid);
ociexecute($stmt, OCIDEFAULT);
$arr = oci_fetch_assoc($stmt);
// OCIFetchAssoc, OCIFetch, OCI_ASSOC ... nothing works-> Fatal error: Call to undefined function:
$result = $arr['BLOBDATA']->load();
What should i do?
Thanky very much.

Associative array type for each blob column in the table

i am using the code in given link
http://www.oracle.com/technology/oramag/oracle/07-jan/o17odp.html
i chnages that code like this
CREATE TABLE JOBS
JOB_ID VARCHAR2(10 BYTE),
JOB_TITLE VARCHAR2(35 BYTE),
MIN_SALARY NUMBER(6),
MAX_SALARY NUMBER(6),
JOBPIC BLOB
CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE associative_array
AS
-- define an associative array type for each column in the jobs table
TYPE t_job_id IS TABLE OF jobs.job_id%TYPE
INDEX BY PLS_INTEGER;
TYPE t_job_title IS TABLE OF jobs.job_title%TYPE
INDEX BY PLS_INTEGER;
TYPE t_min_salary IS TABLE OF jobs.min_salary%TYPE
INDEX BY PLS_INTEGER;
TYPE t_max_salary IS TABLE OF jobs.max_salary%TYPE
INDEX BY PLS_INTEGER;
TYPE t_jobpic IS TABLE OF jobs.jobpic%TYPE
INDEX BY PLS_INTEGER;
-- define the procedure that will perform the array insert
PROCEDURE array_insert (
p_job_id IN t_job_id,
p_job_title IN t_job_title,
p_min_salary IN t_min_salary,
p_max_salary IN t_max_salary,
p_jobpic IN t_jobpic
END associative_array;
CREATE OR REPLACE package body SHC_OLD.associative_array as
-- implement the procedure that will perform the array insert
procedure array_insert (p_job_id in t_job_id,
p_job_title in t_job_title,
p_min_salary in t_min_salary,
p_max_salary in t_max_salary,
P_JOBPIC IN T_JOBPIC
) is
begin
forall i in p_job_id.first..p_job_id.last
insert into jobs (job_id,
job_title,
min_salary,
max_salary,
JOBPIC
values (p_job_id(i),
p_job_title(i),
p_min_salary(i),
p_max_salary(i),
P_JOBPIC(i)
end array_insert;
end associative_array;
this procedure is called from .net. from .net sending blob is posiible or not.if yes how

Ok, that won't work...you need to generate an image tag and provide the contents of the blob column as the src for the image tag.
If you look at my blog entry -
http://jes.blogs.shellprompt.net/2007/05/18/apex-delivering-pages-in-3-seconds-or-less/
and download that Whitepaper that I talk about you will find an example of how to do what you want to do. Note the majority of that whitepaper is discussing other (quite advanced) topics, but there is a small part of it that shows how to display an image stored as a blob in a table.

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