You'd think if I use this all the time, as I stated, I'd be able to get the syntax correct... NameConflict="MakeUnique", not what I wrote before.\
Too much "copy and paste"... :oP Sorry! Rick > -----Original Message----- > From: Will Swain [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2008 10:55 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: File upload > > Am I missing something? Why not just use the nameconflict="MAKEUNIQUE" > attribute of CFFILE. This will auto rename the file if a file with that name > already exists. No overwriting of existing files. Like Rick said. > > Will > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rick Sanders [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 05 February 2008 15:47 > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: File upload > > Hi Rick, > > It doesn't solve the problem though. Here's the problem: > > 1. User #1 uploads a file called "Movie.wmv". The file is uploaded to > site/videos/Movie.wmv. The file is referenced in the database in the video > file field " Movie.wmv ". > 2. User #55 also uploads a file called "Movie.wmv" which is a totally > different video in a totally different category. But, because it's named the > same, it overwrites the original "Movie.wmv" file, thus making both videos > the same. > > I need to check to see if the file exists before it's uploaded, or it'll > overwrite the existing video. > > My work-around is to upload the file to a temp location then check if the > file exists already. If not, move the file to the videos folder. If it does > exists, delete it from temp and return an error. > > Kind regards, > > Rick > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rick Faircloth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: February-05-08 11:28 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: File upload > > 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:298229 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
