thanks for the response guys. i fixed the problem to with something similar to what you suggest Malcom. i started a new thread here: http://groups.google.com/group/django-users/browse_thread/thread/baa6c6d64f59639e
that fixed the problem, seemed to will be sure to keep it together next time! also i was able to use that file request.FILES. if picked up the name in this line: Content-Disposition: form-data; name="Filedata"; filename="thumbs.JPG" so i access the file as request.FILES['Filedata'] arthur, thanks for the link. the files will be pretty big, think we going to have a limit of 50mb. but we are running on a dedicated server so might be able to get away with it. although i've also spotted that path before and am going to try implement that, or something similar. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---