Anthony's answer is the right one, mine is for retrieving the extension of the url requested
On 15 mar, 10:40, Anthony <abasta...@gmail.com> wrote: > request.vars.image.filename.split('.')[-1] > > or > > import os > os.path.splitext(request.vars.image.filename)[1][1:] > > Anthony > > > > > > > > On Thursday, March 15, 2012 6:18:10 AM UTC-4, Sanjeet Kumar wrote: > > > I have the upload field in table i want to check the file extension from > > the controller during the upload i am using :- > > > SQLFORM.factory(db.emp_detail) > > if form.accepts(request.vars, session): > > img = form.vars.image > > if file.extension == 'something': > > update query