Author: kmtracey Date: 2009-05-17 13:45:25 -0500 (Sun, 17 May 2009) New Revision: 10816
Modified: django/trunk/docs/topics/http/file-uploads.txt Log: Fixed #10400: Added a note in the file uploads doc about the correct form type needed for file uploads to work. Thanks claudep and timo. Modified: django/trunk/docs/topics/http/file-uploads.txt =================================================================== --- django/trunk/docs/topics/http/file-uploads.txt 2009-05-17 18:11:58 UTC (rev 10815) +++ django/trunk/docs/topics/http/file-uploads.txt 2009-05-17 18:45:25 UTC (rev 10816) @@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ other ``FileField`` subclass) in the form. So the data from the above form would be accessible as ``request.FILES['file']``. +Note that ``request.FILES`` will only contain data if the request method was +``POST`` and the ``<form>`` that posted the request has the attribute +``enctype="multipart/form-data"``. Otherwise, ``request.FILES`` will be empty. + Most of the time, you'll simply pass the file data from ``request`` into the form as described in :ref:`binding-uploaded-files`. This would look something like:: --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django updates" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-updates?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
