Sorry, re read this and I don't think wat your are trying to do is possible. The file IS uploaded as soon as you submit the form to the tempfile location you show below. Nothing you can do about that....
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 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm
