Simple oracle application?

Question

I hope I posted this at the good section.
I have a table with:
NR - Number - PK
ID - Number
PHOTO - BLOB
on my oracle application, i want to make a page with a form, and at the photo column, i want to have "browse..." item, so that i select a photo from the hard drive, it inserts it into my table, and if I go to my table, at the photo column, I should have something like "DOWNLOAD" but instead of this i have "datatype".
I guess, what im trying to do, is to have a form that inserts a photo into the specific column of a table, and if i go to that exact table, i should have something like "download"...
Hope you can help me as soon as possible.

Answer 1

OK, it is a good idea to try getting an account on MetaLink. It has tons of good articles that helps you in your day-to-day usage of Oracle products.
For now, I am cutting and pasting the contents of the note here:
Title: How to Load Images from a Hard-disk into a Database
Purpose
=======
This article describes how to load images from a local hard disk into the
database in Forms.
Scope and Application
=====================
This article is intended for novice and experienced users.
This application works best in client-server-mode (in a GUI-environment
such as windows or Motif). When run from the web, it is only possible to
find and upload files found on the application-server (the machine where
Forms runtime is running). But beware of Bug 1705928; the GET_FILE_NAME
built-in can not be used in Webforms.
How to Load Images From a Hard-disk Into a Database
===================================================
To store images in the database, you must first create a table that can
contain an image. The column-type can be 'Long Raw' or 'Blob' (binary
large object). For example:
create table StoredImages
( imageid number
, imagecontainer blob
Next, create a form, and use the data block wizard to create a default block
on this table. Make sure that the item created on this column is of type
'Image'.
To load an image into this image-item, use the built-in READ_IMAGE_FILE.
You can invoke this from a button or a trigger (for example, a
when-mouse-click-trigger) on the item. To locate the image to be loaded,
use the forms built-in GET_FILE_NAME (available in Forms 6.0 and higher).
The plsql to do this will appear similar to the following:
READ_IMAGE_FILE (
GET_FILE_NAME( File_Filter=> 'GIF Files (*.gif)|*.gif|'),
'GIF',
'imagecontainer');
When you need to load other image-types, you must change the file filter
for GET_FILE_NAME. You also need to determine the extension and pass it
as a second parameter to READ_IMAGE_FILE.
References
==========
Note 1029681.6 READ_IMAGE_FILE DOESN'T LOAD GIF IMAGES
Note 1003678.6 FRM-47100 USING READ_IMAGE_FILE
Bug 1705928 PLEASE ADD RESTRICTION FOR GET_FILE_NAME BUILT-IN IN ON-LINE HELP
Additional
In Forms 9.0.4 and higher you can also use Webutil to work with files on the
client side or to upload the files from the client to the server machine and
then to add the information of this note