To visualize pdf, doc in blobs

Its possible, to allow the visualization of the content of archives pdf, DOC that had been stored in the type blob (in the Edit Value window of the blob column)?

Rendering PDFs and Microsoft Word Docs is a pretty big ask.
Have you looked into CTX_DOC ?
You may be able to do a view that will convert the document blob into text in a CLOB
http://asktom.oracle.com/pls/asktom/f?p=100:11:0::::P11_QUESTION_ID:25695084847068
May give you an idea

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BLOB Column with PDF docs

I already read a different ways to extract the PDF docs from oracle table and open it through forms. All of them with java classes, webutil integration and dbms_lob.
But, if I need an other way to show it (select the column and open it) through the forms module, I can do it. Like Developer 6i, we can defined a OLE container field in forms and query the table and show the BLOB data.
This are my scenerio:
Oracle DB: EE 9.2.0.6.0
Developer: 6i Rel 2 & 10g v. 10.1.2.0.2 (for test and eventually for migrate to production environment, with iAS R 9i)
I already read if I need to use java, dbms_lob or webutil, I need to use it through iAS and in some cases I need to create a DAD.
But, If have 10g in developer enviroment just for test and I don't want to use a iAS, do I have any other way to select a BLOB column (with a PDF files store in there) from a oracle table and be able to open it with acorbat reader.
thank you a lot guys and sorry about all this message (related with the same) but I am no a guru oracle developer.
AM

Rechecked and was not logged on to user, checked the error view and got
TEXT_INDEX_FRI 03/30/2001 1: AAAIt+AAFAAAAmDAAJ DRG-11207: user filter command exited with status 137
searched some of the articles here on this error, checked that listener was running correctly for extproc, added to the listener the ENVS=LD_LIBRARY_PATH line
added roles, resource, connect, ctxapp
added to PATH and LD_LIBRARY_PATHs,
but still get the above error
does work though for simple text insert case, so seems to be related to documents in a blob field. Any other suggestions or queries that I can do to troubleshoot this? Could it be the way it is loaded?
================
my sql loader control file
LOAD DATA
INFILE '/chem20/stuff/Load_docs2.dat'
INTO TABLE imed.cmgendoc
APPEND
FIELDS TERMINATED BY ','
(Doc_id char,
author char,
doc_name FILLER CHAR(255),
act_doc LOBFILE(doc_name) TERMINATED BY EOF,
mimetype char(128))
==================
my dat file
2,ted the frog,/chem20/stuff/snmp.pdf,application/pdf
3,ted the dog,/chem20/stuff/config.pdf,application/pdf
4,ted the cat,/chem20/stuff/oemcn.pdf,application/pdf
5,ted the rat,/chem20/stuff/oemer.pdf,application/pdf
6,ted the cow,/chem20/stuff/oemug.pdf,application/pdf
7,ted the bug,/chem20/stuff/servlets.pdf,application/pdf
8,ted the bird,/chem20/stuff/pg.pdf,application/pdf
9,ted the sheep,/chem20/stuff/install.pdf,application/pdf
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Insert doc/pdf/jpg into BLOB using forms (web based)

Hi All,
we have 81741 db on window2000(data server), forms6.0.8.20.1 on windows2000(webserver)
& users using IE6/netscape as setup. User wants to store a pdf/doc/jpg file (stored on his PC)
into database.
He wants ability to view this pdf/doc/jpg later & have ability to download again to his pc. Please note
that we have web based setup & not using HTTP server (using WebDB listener).
I am planning to use BLOB to store the table in database, but cannot figure out what/how to force forms
to do this.
If someone has done this before, could you please update this thread on how to proceed.
Thanks a lot for your input...
Abhi.

AS far as inserting images you can use the image item in Oracle Forms and base it on a blob column in the database.
Regarding the other types of data you can upload them to the database using a Java function on the application server (use the java importer from Forms to call the Java class). You can use another Java function to retrieve the info from the database to the application server, and then use web.show_document to get the file from the application server to the client.
Or you can wait a few weeks for the Webutil utility that will have this functunality built into it.

Opening a pdf from a blob

Hi Guys,
I know this is a borderline ApEx problem but I have a page whose sole job is to open a pdf from a blob stored in the database.
This code works for most client machines:
DECLARE
l_blob blob;
BEGIN
SELECT letter INTO l_blob
FROM letters
WHERE lett_id = :P44_LETT_ID;
-- owa_util.mime_header('application/pdf',false);
-- tried pdf and octet they work the same?????
owa_util.mime_header('application/octet',false);
htp.p('Content-Length: ' || dbms_lob.getlength(l_blob));
owa_util.http_header_close;
wpg_docload.download_file(l_blob);
END;
On some machines I get 'Windows cannot open this file ...File: f[7] ...To open this file..........
On most machines this works fine.
I haven't got it to fail with Firefox yet, just IE but only a few machines running IE. Client getting annoyed and I starting to stress.
Many thanks
Gary

Have you already tried adding
htp.p('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename...as described here?
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B32472_01/doc/appdev.300/b32469/up_dn_files.htm#CIHDDJGF
Maybe it solves the problem, in case IE is a little bit picky. But I really don't know.
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The ApexLib Framework: http://apexlib.sourceforge.net
The APEX Builder Plugin: http://sourceforge.net/projects/apexplugin/

How to store a PDF in a BLOB column, then select/search it using SQL?

We have a simple requirement.
(1.) We have an Oracle 10g DB.
(2.) We want to store PDFs/MS Word docs inside BLOB column in a table.
(3.) We need to show PDF/MS Word content to the user, without opening the PDFs/MS World like we normally do (i.e. Using PDV reader/ MS Word).
(4.) i.e. We need to use SQL statements and
(a.) Get all contents of the PDF/MS WORD doc.
(b.) Search for specific strings inside these docs in the BLOB columns.How to do this pls? Code sample would be really great.
Edited by: user12240205 on Jul 18, 2012 9:35 PM
Edited by: user12240205 on Jul 18, 2012 9:37 PM

rp0428 wrote:
>
We have a simple requirement.
>
Really? You mean as opposed to a requirement that might actually be doable?Could be that simple is used as in stupid ? Like in, "+look at this simply idiotic requirement, blah.. blah...+"? ;-)
@user12240205:
BLOBs contains binary data. Not text data. How do you propose to search binary data for strings?
PDF and Word formats include actual text strings and identifiers as part of the formatting. How do you propose that this be identified and ignored when searching for specific strings in the document's content?
PL/SQL does not have the ability to take a page from a PDF/Word document, highlight the search string, and display that to the client. A format-parser is needed to parse the PDF/Word format and generate that as content (e.g. HTML or XML) that can be rendered by a client. How do you propose PL/SQL serves up search strings that it found, when it cannot interpret the document format? (cannot even say what page, section or paragraph, that search string occurs)
Documents can be loaded via the DBMS_LOB interface. Either from the db server's file system, or by the client supplying the document as chunks for "write appending" to a BLOB. See Oracle® Database PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference guide for details.
Text search and document indexing are supported by an Oracle feature called Content Management<a> (which includes interMedia, UltraSearch, Oracle Text, etc).
Oracle also supports (on Window server platforms), the Microsoft Component Object Model (COM). COM interfaces (such as COM for Word) can be used for specialised processing (e.g. searching Word documents). Oracle's COM feature allows one to interface directly with external s/w (e.g. MS Word) via its COM interface.

To upload a PDF file in BLOB column using Oracle Forms 9i

Can anyone tell me how to upload a PDF file from client system using File dialog window and store its content in BLOB column in a table. The file to be uploaded will be in client side.

Take a look at the following :
Re: Storing a PDF in a BLOB
Re: Retrive Image from DB into Image_item
although the threads above are reffered to images and word doc... the procedure/steps are the same....
Greetings...
Sim

Best Practice for storing PDF docs

My client has a number of PDF documents for handouts that go
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to download the PDF docs for handouts at training. The question is,
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not store them in the db but still be able to find them when the
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<cfcontent> or configuring CF to handle every request
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Can Azure Search support indexing of documents (pdf, doc etc)

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I want to implement the azure search service indexing of documents (pdf, docs etc). is it possible ? if yes, then how ?
Thanks

Hi Shib,
I wanted to respond with a few ideas based on your question. As of today, we do not have a document cracker for Azure Search to allow you to index the content from files such as the ones you suggested. This is a pretty highly requested feature
(http://feedback.azure.com/forums/263029-azure-search/suggestions/6328662-blob-indexing-w-file-crackers), but we have not too date been able
to prioritize this.
In the meantime, somethings you might consider looking at are iFilter or Apache Tika. These are both great options that would allow you to programmatically extract the text from these files. Based on the extracted text you could then post the
content to Azure Search. I personally think this example on CodeProject is a pretty good starting point if you were to consider using iFilter:
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Can not open PDF docs in Mavericks

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How to change text in PDF doc. which is a musical score

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I'm new here, so please excuse me if I do or say something I shouldn't.
I need to change the words in a musical score because the font is too small. OCR recognition doesn"t work because there are illustrations that are different from images or text... Is there a way to get in there and make the changes I need to do?
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When I convert my pdf doc to word, the fonts go really weird and it also puts some text into boxes. when I try to select the test and change the font, it does not change it properly?

When I convert my pdf doc to word, the fonts go really weird and it also puts some text into boxes. when I try to select the text and change the font, it does not change it properly? This is making it impossible to amend.

Hi Janedance1,
If the PDF that you converted already has searchable text, please try disabling OCR as described in this document: How to disable Optical Character Recognition (OCR) when converting PDF to Word or Excel. (If the PDF was created from a scanned document and doesn't already have searchable text, disabling OCR isn't a great option, as the text won't be searchable/editable in the converted Word doc.)
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A problem with my mail in 10.8, crashes on scrolling down a PDF doc

Hey guys,
I've spent 2 1/2 hours on the phone today attempting to resolve this issue, fingers crossed an answer may be out there.
When I attached a PDF doc to an email, it embeds in the message, no dramas does take a little while to load it on, then when I scroll down the email to make sure it's the correct doc, the spinning curser of death shows and then 3-4 seconds later the email scrolls down but slowly loads sections of the PDF. At times the mail app crashes when it does this.
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I saved a PDF doc in adobe and then added text to the form. But every time I try an email it it only

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Will PDFDocMerger Class allow you to pass in multiple PDF BLOBs as an input Stream Array?
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I have downloaded the IDE and I am following the installation steps.
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Error: cannot read: java.lang.Object
[11:07:06] Successful compilation: 0 errors, 0 warnings.
Can you suggest why I get "Error: cannot read: java.lang.Object"
Many thanks
Simon

Converting a pdf form to pdf doc so it can't be altered.

I have a pdf form that I use to complete test reports for the city. I then need to send that completed form to the customer and city but I want to send it as a pdf document so it can't be altered. How can I do this? I use to be able to print to Create PDF but now it's not available so I have tried this Create PDF online but still can not get it to save as just a pdf doc.

Hi Diego237,
If I understand you correctly you have a fillable PDF form that you fill with some report information, then you send that PDF form to customers via email, but you don’t want them to be able to altering it.
You may use Adobe Acrobat to set/change restrictions for your PDF document – to specify what your customers could do with the document. For that just execute the following steps:
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Now if you don’t have Adobe Acrobat yet but only free Reader, you would need to download a free trial version of Acrobat XI Pro from here.
And if that solution is working for you, please check out Adobe Acrobat Plus pages:
https://www.stage.acrobat.com/acrobatplus/en/home.html
on how you could upgrade your CreatePDF subscription to Acrobat Plus subscription to allow you full right to download and use Acrobat XI Pro desktop application on your computer further on.
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