On Tuesday, 8 November 2016 17:54:48 UTC, Anthony wrote:
>
>
> The second argument to .store() should be the original filename (which 
> will then be encoded again), not a full file path. To get the original 
> filename, use the .retrieve() method instead of manually constructing the 
> file path and opening the file:
>
>     filename, stream = db.name.file.retrieve(a.file)
>     db.name.insert(..., file=db.name.file.store(stream, filename))
>
> Also, your use of a.file implies the upload field is named "file", but in 
> your insert code, you use "file_up" -- not sure which is correct.
>
> Anthony
>

 Thanks this is exactly what I was after! 

(I had edited the original code down to something more readable so it 
should have been consistent as "file")

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