Why not have the user upload the file, rename it automatically if there is a conflict for a name that is referred to within the database, but also retain the original filename in the database for display to users.
Rick > -----Original Message----- > From: Todd Rafferty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2008 9:27 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: File upload > > You're still going to run into an "valid" issue where two completely > different videos have the same name. When it comes to CMS, even if they're > dupes, they're valid. The client is responsible for weeding out the > duplicates. Just getting the name (in your instance), wouldn't do you any > good. It's almost like you'd also want the MD5 checksum of the file as well > or something else. There really is no way to determine if it's a duplicate > or not until it's on the server. The name alone is not enough to go on. > > On Feb 5, 2008 9:17 AM, Rick Sanders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hello James, > > > > I want to grab the file name and query it in the database to see if it > > exists or not before the 15mb file is uploaded. This way, if the file > > exists, I can easily return an error and prompt the user to rename the > > file, > > or offer suggested names for the file. > > > > I've created a site for uploading videos, and there is a chance that 2 > > people can upload a video with the same name, but the video is completely > > different. If I could bypass the upload and just check the name then this > > would save alot of time. > > > > Kind regards, > > Rick > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:298200 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
