Suggestions to make the behaviour better?
On Oct 5, 5:55 pm, TheSweetlink <yanosh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello Alex,
>
> Two things I've found when manually uploading via SQLFORM.factory:
>
> 1) You need to specify a table_name='...' to avoid the
> no_table_newfilename.extension issue like this:
>
> form = SQLFORM.factory(...Field definitions...,
> table_name='some_table_name')
>
> 2) Additionally you must specify an uploadfolder in your upload Field
> definition similar to this:
>
> form = SQLFORM.factory(...,
> Field('invoice_logo', type='upload',
> uploadfolder=os.path.join(request.folder,'static/uploads/')),
> ..., table_name='whatever_you_like')
>
> **NOTE** 'static/uploads' is just an example, you can upload to
> wherever it will be appropriate.
>
> In this case the newly uploaded and renamed file to
> your_application's_dir/static/uploads/your_new_filename_here
>
> One gotcha to look out for following your field name as an example
> without the quotation marks:
>
> In your form.accepts(...):
>
> "request.vars.invoice_logo" will contain the original filename of your
> upload whereas
>
> "form.vars.invoice_logo_newfilename" will contain the newly renamed
> file like yourtablename.9203842903.thaoeu09gu023hgda3p.ext
>
> No need to call store() directly as SQLFORM.factory will take care of
> that for you.
>
> I hope that this helps you.
>
> -David Bloom
>
> On Oct 4, 7:53 pm, Alex <mrauc...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > Hi,
>
> > I've already spent quite some time with the following problem which I
> > think should be fairly easy. I hope someone can help me.
>
> > # model
> > db.define_table('admin_setting',
> > Field('name', 'string', notnull=True),
> > Field('value', 'string', notnull=True))
>
> > in the controller I'm creating a form for various admin settings.
> > form = SQLFORM.factory(
> > Field('invoice_logo', 'upload'), ...)
>
> > the view works well and displays all fields.
>
> > When uploading a file for the logo the file should be handled like
> > always (file uploaded to uploads folder, renamed to uuid filename). in
> > the table admin_setting I want to store the filename of the uploaded
> > file in a row where name='invoice_logo' (the filename should be stored
> > in the value field).
>
> > How can I achieve this? currently I have this code (the update is
> > performed later and not shown here):
> > if form.accepts(request.vars, formname='admin_setting_form',
> > dbio=False):
> > if request.vars.invoice_logo != None:
> > if type(request.vars.invoice_logo) != str:
> > request.vars.invoice_logo_filename =
> > request.vars.invoice_logo.filename
> > field = Field('invoice_logo', 'upload')
> > # field.store fails because field does not have a _tablename
> > uploaded_file = field.store(request.vars.invoice_logo.file,
> > request.vars.invoice_logo.filename)
> > else:
> > del request.vars.invoice_logo # do not delete existing logo
