On Feb11, 9:11pm, Mike <michael.mcgreg...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hopefully this is a quick one...
>
> I want to use SQLFORM to allow a user to save information about a file
> including the *local path*. However I don't want to actually save the
> file in the database. The idea is to parse the local path and save a
> portion of it to the db that will match a file structure on the
> server. I know this sounds goofy, but I'm limited in my server access
> at work and I have to do all file uploads via a separate interface.
> Then the saved information is used to produce a JSON file that is read
> by DataTables.
>
> I know the file input HTML control will grab this, but I'd like to use
> web2py to take advange of it's other features.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mike
Don't know what exactly you want, but these might help.
To upload a file without saving it, you can set it as:
Field('your_field_name', 'upload', uploadfield=False)
To know the local path of a file being upload, it seems to be browser-
dependent. A normal <input type='file' name='the_file'> does not
guarantee you a full path filename, AFAIK.
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