diff --git a/reference/pdo_pgsql/PDO/pgsqlLOBOpen.xml b/reference/pdo_pgsql/PDO/pgsqlLOBOpen.xml
index 6abe004b56..ff2f6c10a6 100644
--- a/reference/pdo_pgsql/PDO/pgsqlLOBOpen.xml
+++ b/reference/pdo_pgsql/PDO/pgsqlLOBOpen.xml
@@ -78,9 +78,11 @@ $db->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION);
 $db->beginTransaction();
 $stmt = $db->prepare("select oid from BLOBS where ident = ?");
 $stmt->execute(array($some_id));
-$stmt->bindColumn('oid', $lob, PDO::PARAM_LOB);
+$stmt->bindColumn('oid', $oid, PDO::PARAM_STR);
 $stmt->fetch(PDO::FETCH_BOUND);
-fpassthru($lob);
+$stream = $db->pgsqlLOBOpen($oid, 'r');
+header("Content-type: application/octet-stream");
+fpassthru($stream);
 ?>
 ]]>
     </programlisting>