You can specify the destination filename:
<cffile
action="upload"
filefield="imagefile"
destination="path/filename.jpg"
nameConflict="overwrite">
-- Ben Doom
Programmer & General Lackey
Moonbow Software, Inc
: -----Original Message-----
: From: Rick Faircloth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
: Sent: Friday, February 14, 2003 2:34 PM
: To: CF-Talk
: Subject: RE: cffile with unique names
:
:
: How do you code for that, Adam?
:
: Rick
:
:
:
: > -----Original Message-----
: > From: <"Cantrell>,Adam" [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
: > Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 12:05 PM
: > To: CF-Talk
: > Subject: RE: cffile with unique names
: >
: >
: > That's true Darren, it will only make unique if there is a
: > conflict - hence
: > the attribute name: 'nameConflict'. If there isn't already a
: > file name that
: > you're trying to upload, then the server assumes it's
: > already unique ;) Now
: > that's a smart server.
: >
: > One thing I like doing instead of just using unique file
: > names, is to rename
: > the file using its original client file name prepended with
: > the ID from the
: > database record you're using to reference it. This gives you
: > the benefit of
: > clarity in still having the original file name in there,
: > having it also be
: > unique, and also having a reference from the file name to
: > the record if you
: > ever needed that for anything.
: >
: > Adam.
: >
: >
: > > -----Original Message-----
: > > From: Ben Doom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
: > > Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 10:26 AM
: > > To: CF-Talk
: > > Subject: RE: cffile with unique names
: > >
: > >
: > > IIRC, the unique filenames only get assigned if a file exists
: > > with that
: > > filename already. That is, if you upload two pictures named
: > > pic.gif, the
: > > first one is stored as pic.gif and the second as
: > > A02983467.gif or something
: > > wacky like that.
: > >
: > >
: > > -- Ben Doom
: > > Programmer & General Lackey
: > > Moonbow Software, Inc
: > >
: > > : -----Original Message-----
: > > : From: Paul Giesenhagen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
: > > : Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 11:18 AM
: > > : To: CF-Talk
: > > : Subject: Re: cffile with unique names
: > > :
: > > :
: > > : Are you saying that if you update picture.jpg and then output
: > > : #cffile.serverFilename# it returns picture.jpg?
: > > :
: > > : And you have your CFFILE set to unique?
: > > :
: > > : Could you post your CFFILE code?
: > > :
: > > : Thanks
: > > :
: > > : Paul Giesenhagen
: > > : QuillDesign
: > > :
: > > :
: > > : ----- Original Message -----
: > > : From: "Darren Adams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
: > > : To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
: > > : Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 10:03 AM
: > > : Subject: cffile with unique names
: > > :
: > > :
: > > : > Hello,
: > > : >
: > > : > I am uploading an image and then inserting a record into
: > > the database.
: > > : >
: > > : > So that there are no name clashes I have set the tag to
: > > make unique
: > > : > files names.
: > > : >
: > > : > However, when I refer to the uploaded file name e.g.
: > > : > cffile.serverfilename etc.
: > > : > It seems to list the name of the file before it was
: > made unique.
: > > : >
: > > : >
: > > : > Has anyone else experienced this and do you know what
: > going on ?
: > > : >
: > > : >
: > > : > Thanks,
: > > : >
: > > : > Darren Adams
: > > : >
: > > : >
: > > : >
: > > :
: > >
: >
:
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