Well, it's just a string, so that's not the file. You have to figure out
how the JS library is sending the file to the server.
On Monday, February 24, 2014 9:18:32 AM UTC-5, software.ted wrote:
>
> What am supposed to see in dir and type? So that I can debug
> On 24 Feb 2014 16:16, "Anthony" <abas...@gmail.com <javascript:>> wrote:
>
>> You'll have the check the JS framework docs to see how/where it is
>> posting the file (e.g., maybe via a separate Ajax request).
>>
>> On Monday, February 24, 2014 8:50:51 AM UTC-5, software.ted wrote:
>>>
>>> the output is:
>>>
>>> Dir:
>>> ['__add__', '__class__', '__contains__', '__delattr__', '__doc__',
>>> '__eq__', '__format__', '__ge__', '__getattribute__', '__getitem__',
>>> '__getnewargs__', '__getslice__', '__gt__', '__hash__', '__init__',
>>> '__le__', '__len__', '__lt__', '__mod__', '__mul__', '__ne__', '__new__',
>>> '__reduce__', '__reduce_ex__', '__repr__', '__rmod__', '__rmul__',
>>> '__setattr__', '__sizeof__', '__str__', '__subclasshook__',
>>> '_formatter_field_name_split', '_formatter_parser', 'capitalize', 'center',
>>> 'count', 'decode', 'encode', 'endswith', 'expandtabs', 'find', 'format',
>>> 'index', 'isalnum', 'isalpha', 'isdigit', 'islower', 'isspace', 'istitle',
>>> 'isupper', 'join', 'ljust', 'lower', 'lstrip', 'partition', 'replace',
>>> 'rfind', 'rindex', 'rjust', 'rpartition', 'rsplit', 'rstrip', 'split',
>>> 'splitlines', 'startswith', 'strip', 'swapcase', 'title', 'translate',
>>> 'upper', 'zfill']
>>>
>>> type: <type 'str'>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 3:40 PM, Anthony <abas...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> 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> 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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