Hello Ross, Here is a bunch of info from another post I made regarding manual uploads with SQLFORM.factory.
Now that I notice it though, you are using FORM and I'm uncertain whether or not FORM worked for me, I had to use SQLFORM. The whole thread can be found here for more info, relevant stuff posted below: http://groups.google.com/group/web2py/browse_thread/thread/fe03404c155aaf10/f9cb6c1ac67c3f49?lnk=gst&q=thesweetlink#f9cb6c1ac67c3f49 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 On Oct 28, 10:38 am, Ross Peoples <ross.peop...@gmail.com> wrote: > Having a little trouble with getting an attachment to work. This is a > simplified version of the controller: > > form = FORM('Attach', [INPUT(_name='attachment', _type='file')]) > > if form.accepts(request): > v = form.vars.attachment > if not v is None and not v == '': > v = db.attachments.attachment.store(v) > > db(db.attachments.id==id).update(attachment = v) > > And this is the result: > > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "/media/psf/Python/web2py/gluon/restricted.py", line 194, in restricted > exec ccode in environment > File "/media/psf/Python/web2py/applications/marlin/controllers/default.py" > <https://172.16.100.111:8000/admin/edit/marlin/controllers/default.py>, line > 586, in <module> > File "/media/psf/Python/web2py/gluon/globals.py", line 149, in <lambda> > self._caller = lambda f: f() > File "/media/psf/Python/web2py/applications/marlin/controllers/default.py" > <https://172.16.100.111:8000/admin/edit/marlin/controllers/default.py>, line > 471, in view_invite > v = db.rfq_item[field].store(v) > File "/media/psf/Python/web2py/gluon/dal.py", line 5557, in store > shutil.copyfileobj(file, dest_file) > File "/usr/lib/python2.6/shutil.py", line 27, in copyfileobj > buf = fsrc.read(length) > File "/usr/lib/python2.6/cgi.py", line 522, in __getattr__ > raise AttributeError, name > AttributeError: read > > The code for using store(v) came from another thread. When I print out v > before calling store(), it prints out something like this: > > FieldStorage('attachment', 'filename.txt', 'The actual text of the file') > > Looking through the dal.py, it looks like the line "shutil.copyfileobj(file, > dest_file)" is expecting an actual File object, not a FieldStorage object, > hence the attribute error. But if I try to pass "storage(v.file)" instead of > "storage(v)", then the DAL errors out because it's expecting a FieldStorage > object, not a File object. > > Is this a bug or am I doing something wrong here? I should mention that using > SQLFORM and SQLFORM.factory with attachments works just fine, it's only FORM > that is giving me trouble.
