it's a matter of "precedence"..... there's a clean section on the book on how to do it
http://web2py.com/books/default/chapter/29/06?search=More+on+uploads PS: you're importing populate from gluon.contrib but not using it: are you sure you need it ? On Friday, April 19, 2013 9:44:25 AM UTC+2, 黄祥 wrote: > > hi, > > i've made comparison for populate upload field type which is test1 doesn't > store it in blob type field and test2 store it in blob type field > the result is test1 success to save the image file, but not in the test2, > it return <NULL> in shell and return None in Database Administration. > is it possible to populate upload field type and store it in blob type > field? > > e.g. > models/db.py > db.define_table('test1', > Field('image', 'upload')) > > db.define_table('test2', > Field('image', 'upload', uploadfield = 'image_data'), > Field('image_data', 'blob')) > > from gluon.contrib.populate import populate > if db(db.test1).isempty(): > db.test1.insert(image=open('/home/stifank/Desktop/test1.png')) > > if db(db.test2).isempty(): > db.test2.insert(image=open('/home/stifank/Desktop/test1.png')) > > any ideas, hints, or solutions to populate upload field type and store it > in blob type field? > thank you very much > -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.

