Well, if that is so, then there should not be a way of checking. Even in IIS you would have to submit the form before any checking is done. You cannot simply select the file and have something check the size of it. At least this way the file is not processed and uploaded to the server.
Doug ----- Original Message ----- From: "Snake" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2006 8:42 AM Subject: RE: Any way to limit file upload size? > As CFML runs on the server, that code will not execute until after the file > has been uploaded. > > Russ > > -----Original Message----- > From: Doug Brown [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 05 December 2006 15:39 > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: Any way to limit file upload size? > > What about something like so. Am I way off? It checks before the image is > uploaded. > > > page_1.cfm > > <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" > "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd";> > <html> > <head> > <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> > <title>Untitled Document</title> </head> > > <body> > <form action="page_1.cfm" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data"> > <input type="file" name="test1"> <input type="submit" name="submitThis"> > </form> > > > <cfset allowedFileSize = 1000> > <cfif isDefined("form.submitThis")> > <cfoutput> > <cfif cgi.content_length gt "#Val(allowedFileSize)#"> Error your file is > wayyyyy to big<br> </cfif> Your file size was: #cgi.CONTENT_LENGTH# and the > allowed size was #allowedFileSize# </cfoutput> </cfif> > > </body> > </html> > > > > > Doug > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Snake" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Talk" <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2006 7:06 AM > Subject: RE: Any way to limit file upload size? > > > > There is a setting in IIS to limit the size of form posts. But I can't > find > > it for the life of me. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Gaulin, Mark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: 05 December 2006 13:29 > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: Any way to limit file upload size? > > > > Hi > > Is there any way in CF or IIS to limit the allowed file size for a form > with > > a file "attached"? > > > > I have a situation where someone might accidentally upload a huge file > when > > all we want is a sample file. I would want to avoid not only creating a > > huge temp file but also all of the bandwidth needed to send the file to > the > > server. > > > > Thanks > > Mark > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:262895 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
