Maybe this is too complicated, but I would keep the original file names,
and put it in a directory named '149284.'
Although, if you don't want to try that approach you may want to link
to another CFM page that renames the file and then links to it, either
using javascript or a cflocation.
Norman Elton wrote:
>
> Hello-
>
> I know this is slightly off topic, but it is related to HTML, so here it
> goes:
>
> I keep an archive of files. A user uploads a file ("MyFile.doc") and it gets
> dumped into a directory for storage. It gets renamed to a unique name
> ("149284.doc") for storage, and the original filename is stored in the
> database.
>
> Now the user wants to download the file. I can make a link to the file, but
> it would be downloaded with the numeric name. Is there any way to somehow
> "dynamically" rename the file so that the user doesn't have to rename it
> manually?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Norman
>
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