Does this works? Filename still shows None.
On Wednesday, June 4, 2014 at 6:59:05 AM UTC-4, Michael Beller wrote:
>
> I used compute fields and it now works fine. Unless I did something
> wrong, the instructions in the book for storing the original filename only
> work for the initial insert and does not address updating the field that
> contains the original filename during an update.
>
> Here is my final code (I know there are other threads that discuss how to
> store file attributes for upload fields):
>
> def contracts_filename(row):
> if request.vars.survey != None and not isinstance(request.vars.survey,
> str):
> return request.vars.survey.filename
>
> def contracts_filetype(row):
> if request.vars.survey != None and not isinstance(request.vars.survey,
> str):
> return request.vars.survey.filename.split('.')[-1]
>
> def contracts_filesize(row):
> if request.vars.survey != None and not isinstance(request.vars.survey,
> str):
> return request.env.content_length
>
> db.define_table('contracts',
> Field('person', 'reference person'),
> Field('survey_filename', compute=contracts_filename),
> Field('survey_filetype', compute=contracts_filetype),
> Field('survey_filesize', 'integer', compute=
> contracts_filesize),
> Field('survey', 'upload', autodelete=True), # uploadfolder
> <== would be nice if this supported lambda's!!
> Field('description'),
> auth.signature
> )
>
> and my controller ...
>
> def index():
> grid=SQLFORM.smartgrid(db.person,
> fields=[db.contracts.person, db.contracts.
> survey_filename, db.contracts.survey_filesize,
> db.contracts.survey_filetype, db.
> contracts.survey, db.contracts.description
> ]
> )
> return dict(grid=grid)
>
> Two extra items to note:
>
> - I don't think the size stored is exactly correct since it's using
> content-length but this is close enough for my purposes
> - The compute fields do not display in edit forms by default so you
> must explicitly list them in the smartgrid (or grid, sqlform) fields
> argument.
>
>
> On Monday, June 2, 2014 9:03:32 AM UTC-4, Michael Beller wrote:
>>
>> I'm trying to store the original filename, filetype, and filesize for an
>> upload field using a smartgrid.
>>
>> I can add these fields during the insert (by setting the field defaults)
>> but not update the fields if you update the uploaded file. The edit form
>> does upload the new file but I don't know how to then update the stored
>> attributes. The upload field, request.vars.survey, initially contains the
>> cgi.FieldStorage object during insert (from the new form). However, the
>> edit form then contains the string for the new filename in
>> request.vars.survey unless their is a new file submitted. But I don't know
>> how to update the stored file attributes for the form before the smartgrid
>> processes the updated upload file.
>>
>> db.define_table('person',
>> Field('first_name'),
>> Field('last_name'),
>> auth.signature,
>> format = '%(first_name)s %(last_name)s'
>> )
>>
>> db.define_table('contracts',
>> Field('person', 'reference person'),
>> Field('survey_filename', writable=False),
>> Field('survey_filetype', writable=False),
>> Field('survey_filesize', 'integer', writable=False),
>> Field('survey', 'upload', autodelete=True),
>> Field('description'),
>> auth.signature
>> )
>>
>> def index():
>>
>> if request.vars.survey != None and not type(request.vars.survey) is
>> str:
>> db.contracts.survey_filename.default =
>> request.vars.survey.filename
>> db.contracts.survey_filesize.default = request.env.content_length
>> db.contracts.survey_filetype.default =
>> request.vars.survey.filename.split('.')[-1]
>>
>> grid=SQLFORM.smartgrid(db.person)
>> return dict(grid=grid)
>>
>
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