Are you doing a <cffile action="upload"> command on the page the receives the form post? Here is an example:
<!--- upload new file ---> <cffile action="upload" nameconflict="makeunique" filefield="submitbutton" destination="#fpath#\media_elements\"> <cfset attributes.filename=File.ServerFile> Then you write the name of the file to the DB... At 05:08 PM 02/10/02 -0700, you wrote: >Using the type=file attribute on an <input> to a form > >I browse to this: >\\YREKA\yreka.root\var\www\html\af\images\explode.gif > >When I submit the form it ends up saving the Form<input string to the >database like this: >\YREKAyreka.rootvarwwwhtmlafimagesexplode.gif > >It strips out all the \ except for the double one. >Could this be an effect of <cf_formurl2attributes> ?? > >Anyway... >So I add enctype="multipart/form-data" to the <form tag> > >Now I get this in the database: >/home/coldfusionmx/runtime/servers/default/SERVER-INF/temp/wwwroot-tmp/neot >mp20506.tmp > >Whats that??? looks like a temp storage location that CF might want to use >while the file uploads??? HOWEVER, all I am doing at the moment is Naming >a file and trying to store the name... Later I will go get the file and >Upload it. > >So I add enctype="text/plain" to the <form tag> >And it throws me to my login page... seems like it is blowing out all my >client.variables which if the system sees takes the user straight to the >LogIn page. > >------------ >What I'm trying to do is ... simply browse to a file name... and then use >that in a subsequent cffile upload.... but first I am saving the filename >to a database... I will be turning that around once I can save the >filename properly. > >Any pointers... or point me to where I can find this explained in more >detail than I can find. It seems that trial and error is required because >I really don't understand what I am reading. > >Thanks ;-( >Brian > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_talk FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting.
