On Feb 24, 2:36 pm, Tonu Mikk <tm...@umn.edu> wrote: > In my case I have the files already on the web server. The only thing > that I need to do is to link to them from the database. When I try > using the method above, I first read the file into memory like so > (http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/files/#topics-files): > > >>> from django.core.files import File > > # Create a Python file object using open() > > >>> f = open('/tmp/hello.world', 'w') > >>> myfile = File(f) > > Then I save it with the above method. The problem I am running into, is that > when saving the file, it gives is a different name which is the original name > with an > "_" at the end. The link in the database also points to the file with this > new name. How can I simply create a link in the database to the original > file? > > Thank you, > Tonu
Use a FilePathField rather than a FileField. This just takes a path, rather than a file object. See: http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/models/fields/#filepathfield -- DR. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
