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I want to add an item. I wanted it to be a file browser. I have the user pick a file. I then want to put this entry in my own table. When I do this, I get something different than the file location and the file name. I do get the filename, but I get a string instead of the file location. I really don't want to load this into the table wwv_flow_file_objects$ . I would just like to use it to get the file location and file name. Here is what I get. F2032717848/Spring time in the rockies.doc
The file is Spring time in the rockies.doc but the location is really c:\temp
How do I get the real file location? How do I make it not save the file to wwv_flow_file_objects$

I eventually want to retrieve the location of this file and open it, but I do not want to save this file in the database, I just want to save it's path.