The output of type(request.vars.photo) and dir(request.vars.photo).

On Monday, February 24, 2014 8:33:44 AM UTC-5, software.ted wrote:
>
> I am using dhtmlx (www.dhtmlx.com) framework. The component am using is 
> dhtmlxform. I don't understand what you mean by class and attribute.
> On 24 Feb 2014 14:45, "Anthony" <abas...@gmail.com <javascript:>> wrote:
>
>> Can you provide information about the form processing tool? What is the 
>> class and attributes of request.vars.photo?
>>
>> Anthony
>>
>> On Monday, February 24, 2014 7:36:17 AM UTC-5, software.ted wrote:
>>>
>>> Am using form processing tool. Which has a send method...what it 
>>> actually does is make post/get to a url in the 
>>> form.send("{{=URL('c','a')}}")
>>>
>>> So what happens in the controller is that I can access the form 
>>> variables as follows:
>>>
>>> def a():
>>>     file_name = request.vars.file_name
>>>
>>> The framework has code examples of how to access the uploaded file in 
>>> php and java
>>>
>>> Any ideas?
>>> On 24 Feb 2014 14:27, "Anthony" <abas...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Ajax doesn't allow file uploads in forms. Are you using an Ajax file 
>>>> upload widget on the client side?
>>>>
>>>> Anthony
>>>>
>>>> On Monday, February 24, 2014 2:35:02 AM UTC-5, software.ted wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I am extremely stuck on how to manage uploaded file, I have been 
>>>>> working with web2py now for over a year and I like its flexibility, I 
>>>>> have 
>>>>> been working on an application that is ajax based using my own file. Now 
>>>>> i 
>>>>> have the following scenario i need help with:
>>>>>
>>>>> DB
>>>>> =======
>>>>>
>>>>> db.create_table("person", Field("first_name"), Field("photo", 
>>>>> "upload"), ...)
>>>>>
>>>>> Controller:
>>>>>
>>>>> def manage_person():
>>>>>     try:
>>>>>         value = db.person.update_or_insert(id == request.vars.id, 
>>>>> first_name=request.vars.first_name, photo=request.vars.photo, ...)
>>>>>     except ...:
>>>>>
>>>>>     return value
>>>>>
>>>>> Now my question is how do i move the upaded image to say the upload 
>>>>> folder, i was thinking web2py will put the physical image in upload 
>>>>> folder 
>>>>> according to documentation but unfortunately folder is empty. The DB 
>>>>> hower 
>>>>> gets updated with a the following: C:\fakepath\xxxx.jpg.
>>>>>
>>>>> Any ideas?
>>>>>
>>>>> Kind regards,
>>>>>     
>>>>>
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