At 1:31 AM +1100 3/5/08, Malcolm Tredinnick wrote: >On Tue, 2008-03-04 at 08:58 -0500, Ray Cote wrote: >> I have file uploads working using newforms. >> >> However, if I run into validation errors on the form (say a mandatory >> field is not filled), then when the form re-displays for the user, >> the file they previously selected is no longer selected. > >This is normal browser behaviour: they don't redisplay any file >specified in file upload widgets to avoid phishing-style attacks. So >Django doesn't bother sending it through. > >If you search in the archives, I seem to remember some people came up >with ways to pass the filename back in any case for manual display if >you want that, but it still won't be submitted as part of them form. > >Regards, >Malcolm
Thanks for the pointer (and the note that this is expected behavior). --Ray -- Raymond Cote Appropriate Solutions, Inc. PO Box 458 ~ Peterborough, NH 03458-0458 Phone: 603.924.6079 ~ Fax: 603.924.8668 rgacote(at)AppropriateSolutions.com www.AppropriateSolutions.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
