web2py does not load the uploaded file in Ram (unless the the is uploaded to db). The error reported Sanjeet is in fact different. It runs out of memory trying to serialize a helper, after the file has been uploaded completely.
Massimo On Saturday, 16 June 2012 17:22:14 UTC-5, Khalil KHAMLICHI wrote: > > A few weeks ago, I had similar problem with uploading big files (starting > from 100Mb), I could never figure out what was the reason ... I could just > understand that web2py loaded the files into memory (for some reason) and > that caused the whole process to crash, that was my analysis but maybe it > was biased by the fact that the server was a virtual machine with I think > 1gig of Ram. > Anyway I confirm the existence of a problem with uploads larger than 100Mb. > > > On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 10:45 PM, Massimo Di Pierro < > massimo.dipie...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> The error you get is not in uploading the file but in trying to display >> something very large. I suspect there is something in your model that is >> causing the problem. Can we see your model? >> >> >> >> On Saturday, 16 June 2012 00:15:35 UTC-5, Sanjeet Roy wrote: >>> >>> Can i upload the more than 100 mb file using web2py when i tried got the >>> error:- >>> >>> >>> Traceback (most recent call last): >>> File "/home/tls-sanjeet/Desktop/**web2py/gluon/restricted.py", line 205, >>> in restricted >>> >>> >>> exec ccode in environment >>> File >>> "/home/tls-sanjeet/Desktop/**web2py/applications/upload_**test/views/appadmin.html" >>> >>> <http://127.0.0.1:8000/admin/default/edit/upload_test/views/appadmin.html>, >>> line 56, in <module> >>> >>> >>> {{if rows:}} >>> File "/home/tls-sanjeet/Desktop/**web2py/gluon/globals.py", line 182, in >>> write >>> >>> >>> self.body.write(xmlescape(data**)) >>> >>> >>> File "/home/tls-sanjeet/Desktop/**web2py/gluon/html.py", line 114, in >>> xmlescape >>> >>> >>> return data.xml() >>> >>> >>> File "/home/tls-sanjeet/Desktop/**web2py/gluon/html.py", line 848, in xml >>> >>> >>> (fa, co) = self._xml() >>> >>> >>> File "/home/tls-sanjeet/Desktop/**web2py/gluon/html.py", line 839, in _xml >>> >>> >>> self.components]) >>> >>> MemoryError >>> >>> >>> >
