>> The FTP protocol is intended for file transfers yes, but on single file uploads I don;t imagine you will see a big difference.
One would think... but actually HTTP needs to encode(base64) the binary content into plain text and increases the total transfer size by ~1/3. So an 800 meg file will tack on an extra 266 megs via HTTP. I used to use an embedded java FTP applet by the folks @ Something Java http://www.somethingjava.com. That was a loooooong time ago. You might want to contact them and see if they have it kicking around. They are CFers BTW, they put out the Blue Apple CMS. Another one I looked was Secure FTP Applet http://www.jscape.com/products/file-transfer-clients/secure-ftp-applet/ HTH, G! On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 12:49 PM, Russ Michaels <[email protected]> wrote: > > big files are going to take a long time to upload, this is just a fact > of life i'm afraid. most peoples broadband speed has much slower > upstream than downstream, changing protocols is not going to suddenly > make things faster. > The FTP protocol is intended for file transfers yes, but on single > file uploads I don;t imagine you will see a big difference. > You can of course test it for yourself, upload a file to your server > using a form then do it via FTP and see how long each method takes. > You will never be able to exceed the slowest speed in the connection, > whether it is at the client end or at the server end or inbetween. > > On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 4:27 PM, Chad Baloga <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > OK thanks. We were using the asfusion uploader and now started moving to > the cffileupload tag as well, but users are still complaining it is taking > too long to upload files (Some files are as big as 800mb). > > > >> in order to FTP a file from the client machine you would need to be > >> able to connect to the clients machine, which means they would need > >> to > >> be running an FTP server, or you would need to run some kind of FTP > >> client on their machine to FTP the file to your server. Otherwise the > >> file needs to be on the server before CF can do anything with it. > >> There is probably some Flash uploaders or something out there that > >> does what you need, try www.asfusion.com > >> > >> > >> > >> On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 4:13 PM, Chad Baloga <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> > > >> > Does anyone know if it is possible to upload a file browsed by a > >> user using CFFTP instead of CFFILE "upload"? We are trying to find a > >> solution which will upload files faster than using CFFILE "upload". > >> Any ideas? > >> > > >> > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:347437 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
