Great answer! i never put 2 and 2 together. Guess ill have to write the
code since there is no easy answer.
Thanks!
At 04:17 PM 12/1/00 -0600, you wrote:
>Yes, by changing the enctype on the form tag from multipart/form-data.
>However, this renders your upload inoperative.
>
>The filname you are seeing is the name of the mime encoded form results sent
>by the client. I suggest you use CFFILE to save the upload file to a temp
>directory and use the variables resulting (in the file scope) to control the
>over write.
>
>Russel
>
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>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Chad Gray [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Friday, December 01, 2000 13:19
> > To: CF-Talk
> > Subject: Uploading a file with CFFILE
> >
> >
> > I have a form that asks for the file with a <input
> > name="FileName" size=30
> > type="FILE">
> >
> > I would like to be able to compare the file name to a database
> > value in my
> > action page before using <CFFILE> to upload it. This way if the file is
> > being overwritten i give the user one last chance to do this.
> >
> >
> > <cfif #Query.FileName# IS NOT #FORM.filename#>
> >
> > Are you sure you want to overwrite this file?
> > Yes/No
> >
> > <cfelse>
> > Write the file and update the database
> > </cfif>
> >
> > The only problem is when you use <input name="FileName" size=30
> > type="FILE"> the file name being passed is not the actual name of the
> > file. It is something like FILENAME=C:\WINNT\ACF12E.tmp.
> >
> > So my CFIF statement always says that the file names dont match....
> >
> > Is there any way to get my <input name="FileName" size=30 type="FILE"> to
> > pass the real name of the file????
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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