Thanks Barney and Dave, that clears it up for me. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Barney Boisvert > Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2004 2:06 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [CFCDev] File Uploading via CFCs > > The data from the file is stored in a temp file by CF, and the form > field contains the path to that file. So if you want the raw data, > you can just use an action="read" on #form.filefield# to get it. You > can't get it from the requests, because of the way the Servlet spec > works. > > When a servlet reads the request params, they are destroyed, so they > can only be read once, and they must ALL be read at that time. CF > takes care of that, putting the results into the 'form' scope, with > the added caveat that it does the temp file thing if you're uploading > a file. > > cheers, > barneyb > > On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 13:55:23 -0500, Brian Kotek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > But doesn't the binary data itself that the user uploaded have to be > > somewhere? In the HTTP header? I'm not sure but I think that other > > platforms (PHP comes to mind) do indeed allow developers to manipulate > > the actual file data that is posted. Maybe with CF it's just not > > possible? > > > > > -- > Barney Boisvert > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 360.319.6145 > http://www.barneyb.com/blog/ > ---------------------------------------------------------- > You are subscribed to cfcdev. To unsubscribe, send an email > to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the words 'unsubscribe cfcdev' > in the message of the email. > > CFCDev is run by CFCZone (www.cfczone.org) and supported > by Mindtool, Corporation (www.mindtool.com). > > An archive of the CFCDev list is available at www.mail- > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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