If you have an <input type="file" name="xyz"/> represented as a
FieldStorage in request.vars.xyz you can do
db.doc.insert(filename=db.doc.filename.store
(request.vars.xyz.file,request.vars.xyz.filename))
On Jan 7, 1:37 am, weheh <richard_gor...@verizon.net> wrote:
> # model
> db.define_table('doc',
> Field('title','string'),
> Field('filename','upload')
> )
>
> #controller
> text_form=SQLFORM.factory(Field('text_in','text',db.doc))
> file_form=SQLFORM.factory(db.doc)
> ...
> if text_form.accepts(request.vars,formname='text_form'):
> #insert data into the doc table
> ...
> if file_form.accepts(request.vars,formname='file_form'):
> # etc
>
> The view has custom forms for both text_form and file_form.
>
> The question is ... how to properly insert data into the doc table in
> the case of the text_form? text_form.vars.text_in has the results of
> textarea form field. These data are easily stored in an uploads/
> file.txt file. The question is how to make the db.doc.filename field
> point to the uploads/file.txt file such that it will be consistent
> with a true file upload vs. a text field upload? Just inserting the
> name of the uploads/file.txt into the db.doc.filename field isn't the
> right way. (Hope this is clear enough.)
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