you were the one saying that the column hold the content of the pdf file ^_^
If you need to convert from base64, use a StringIO and then fill it with
the decoded value, and stream that one.
Simone
On Monday, November 18, 2013 4:05:49 PM UTC+1, Fred Guedes Pereira wrote:
>
> Hi Niphlod,
>
> It worked! No need for StringIO. I just returned the blob field as the
> http response content. The code:
>
> def pdfdoc():
> evento = session._eventos[int(request.args(0))] or
> redirect(URL('eventos'), args=request.args(0))
> response.headers['Content-Type'] = 'application/pdf'
> response.headers['Content-Disposition'] = 'attachment;
> filename="teste.pdf"'
> return evento['lb_documento'] #lb_documento is a blob field in an
> Oracle DB, mapped with a 'blob' type with DAL
>
> BUT (always have a but!), the blob content (PDF) seems to be encoded. When
> I open the resulting downloaded file it is not recognized as a PDF file. I
> put a print just after retrieve the field from DB and it seems enconded
> (base64?). But it´s another problem.
>
> Fred
>
> Em quinta-feira, 14 de novembro de 2013 14h21min37s UTC-3, Fred Guedes
> Pereira escreveu:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Is there a way to return PDF content generated from a blob db field?
>>
>> My table has a blob field whose content is PDF. I would like to create a
>> 'PDF page' from those bytes and return it.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Sorry for possible duplication.
>>
>> Fred
>>
>
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