Re: [flexcoders] Re: FileReference and mimetypes

[Phil Marston]

you mean like http://host.com/getafile.php?23535 which is what I'm doing at the moment the server still wouldn't know the mimetype to send though - I supply the header and I get it from what I stored in a type field in the table when the file was uploaded (the binary file data is stored in a blob field and the filename is stored in another field) there isn't anything for the server to examine to find out it's mimetype. I still don't understand why Adobe are imposing a mimtype on our uploads and preventing us from changing it to whatever we want though. Tom Chiverton wrote: On Wednesday 12 July 2006 11:15, Phil Marston wrote: If you issue a redirect to the content, your web server should provide the correct MIME type. but the file doesn't exist (it's reconstructed from a database entry) so the server knows nothing about it. You could rig things up so that http://host.com/getafile/23535 retrieved file #23535 and spat it out, for instance. -- ______________________________________________________________ Phil Marston Learning Technologist Learning Technology Unit Edward Wright G33, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, AB24 3QY, UK [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44(0)1224 273329 / +44(0)7798 723660 http://www.abdn.ac.uk/diss/ltu/pmarston/ http://www.abdn.ac.uk/diss/ltu/ ______________________________________________________________ The University of Aberdeen Open Day 29th August 2006 Booking is essential www.abdn.ac.uk/openday email [EMAIL PROTECTED] or call 0800 027 1495 __._,_.___ -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com SPONSORED LINKS Web site design development Computer software development Software design and development Macromedia flex Software development best practice YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS  Visit your group "flexcoders" on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. __,_._,___