On Monday, 26 December 2011 22:12:27 UTC+5:30, Yarin wrote:
>
> @Massimo, this worked for me- thanks a lot.
>
> I'd suggest making mention of jquery.form.js in the regular book as
> well.
>
> Yarin
>
> On Dec 25, 1:31 am, Massimo Di Pierro <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > The only way around this is using thishttp://jquery.malsup.com/form/
>
it worked fine how to insert the returned file into db i got ['[object
File]', FieldStorage('image', 'a.py','dsaaaaaa')
how to store it in db
> >
> > There is a web2py slice about this and an extended recipe in this
> > book:
> http://www.packtpub.com/web2py-application-development-recipes-to-mas...
> >
> > we decided not to include jquery.form.js in web2py because it is a
> > workaround to the specs (lack of multipart forms in ajax) and
> > therefore it has to be handled in a special way serverside.
> >
> > massimo
> >
> > On Dec 24, 8:00 pm, Yarin <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > Just found this in the docs, which perhaps partially answers my
> > > question:
> >
> > > "*Please note:* Because Ajax post does not support multipart forms,
> > > i.e. file uploads, upload fields will not work with the LOAD
> > > component. You could be fooled into thinking it would work because
> > > upload fields will function normally if POST is done from the
> > > individual component's .load view. Instead, uploads are done
> > > with ajax- compatible 3rd-party widgets and web2py manual upload
> > > store commands."http://web2py.com/books/default/chapter/29/12?
> > > search=upload
>
> >
> > > Does this mean I have to do uploads manually? I'm looking at http://
> > > web2py.com/book/default/chapter/06#Manual-uploads but I'm not clear
> on
> > > where/how I would perform this.
> >
> > > My table definition: db.define_table('image', Field('title',
> > > required=True), Field('file', 'upload'))
> >
> > > On Dec 24, 8:09 pm, Yarin <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > > > Merry Christmas
> >
> > > > I need to do an AJAX form submission for a basic image table. I'm
> > > > following the strategy described here:
> http://web2py.com/books/default/chapter/29/11#Ajax-form-submission
> >
> > > > whereby I create an HTML form by hand, and have a SQLForm handle the
> > > > submission. The record gets inserted fine, except that the image I
> > > > choose is not being uploaded, but a .txt file shows up in the
> uploads
> > > > folder instead.
> >
> > > > Is it possible to use web2py's upload functionality with AJAX
> > > > submissions? What are my options here?
> >
> > > > (NOTE: I need to use native jQuery ajax, not web2py ajax helpers,
> due
> > > > to extenuating circumstances)
> >
> > > > The form:
> >
> > > > <form id="image-form">
> > > > <input id="image_title" id="image_title" name="title" type="text"
> > > > value="">
> > > > <input id="image_file" name="file" type="file" />
> > > > <input type="submit" name="Submit"/>
> > > > </form>
> >
> > > > <script>
> >
> > > > $(function() {
> >
> > > > $('#image-form').submit(function() {
> >
> > > > $.update('{{=URL(c='images',
> f='process')}}', {
> > > > title: $('#image_title').val(),
> > > > file: $('#image_file').val(),
> > > > });
> > > > return false;
> > > > });});
> >
> > > > </script>
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