Store pdf in blob

can any one tell me how to store a pdf file in the blob.
I m using forms 10g rel2 and oracle xe 10g.

Hello Master,
<p>Have a look at this one</p>
Francois

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How to store pdf into blob, index it and search it?

I am trying to store pdf into a column, index the column and search it.
I store pdf file into blob column with either the following code or with an interface in apex
declare
Dest_loc BLOB;
Src_loc BFILE := BFILENAME('DIR_TESTCASE', 'intermedia.pdf');
BEGIN
INSERT INTO pdffiles(id, description)
VALUES(1, 'InterMedia Concepts')
RETURN text INTO Dest_loc;
DBMS_LOB.FILEOPEN(Src_loc, DBMS_LOB.LOB_READONLY);
DBMS_LOB.LOADFROMFILE(Dest_loc, Src_loc, dbms_lob.getlength(Src_loc));
DBMS_LOB.FILECLOSE(Src_loc);
COMMIT;
END;
then i need to create an index
begin
ctx_ddl.create_preference('pdf
lexer', 'BASICLEXER');
ctx_ddl.set_attribute('pdf_lexer', 'printjoins', '_-');
end;
create index PDFFILES_TEXT on PDFFILES(TEXT) indextype is ctxsys.context
parameters ('lexer pdf_lexer');
sqlplus says index created but windows gives an error and closes ctxhx.exe
and of cource when I tried to make a search like
select id, description
from pdffiles
where contains(text,'Oracle') > 0;
it doesn't return any results.
My database is 10g XE, I also tried it on Oracle 10.2.0.3 EE

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2    (id   NUMBER,
3      doc BLOB)
4 /
Table created.
SCOTT@orcl_11g> CREATE OR REPLACE DIRECTORY DIR_TESTCASE AS 'c:\oracle11g'
2 /
Directory created.
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2    Dest_loc BLOB;
3    Src_loc     BFILE;
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6    RETURNING doc INTO Dest_loc;
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11    INSERT INTO my_files (id, doc) VALUES (2, EMPTY_BLOB())
12    RETURNING doc INTO Dest_loc;
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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 /
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2 VALUES (3, UTL_RAW.CAST_TO_RAW ('blob data for id 3'))
3 /
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2 /
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2 /
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2 /
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3 FROM   my_files
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           1
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have, i have many pdf files, i want to store in database. Any good way to do that in 10g? Or, I have to go to 11?
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mbobak wrote:
Justin Cave wrote:
user10217806 wrote:
Can I store pdf in blob, and still search words in the pdfs?Probably not, no. If you want to search the data inside Oracle, you'll want to look at Oracle Multimedia.I think the correct answer is "not efficiently". :-)Well, there is nothing that prevents you from building Oracle Multimedia yourself and getting similar levels of efficiency. Other than a desire not to invest dozens of man-years replicating delivered functionality, of course.

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Thanks for the mail, that problem is soluted, press the botton, store as copy.I found it in secound read
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