OK thanks - I'll change to upload then. Richard
On May 7, 3:26 pm, mdipierro <[email protected]> wrote: > On May 6, 10:05 pm, rbp <[email protected]> wrote: > > > hello, > > > I just noticed that web2py has an easy way to stream data - that's > > fantastic! > > Currently I upload and download data without streaming which is really > > tough on my web2py server. > > > All the examples I've seen are for streaming a file on the file > > system. Is it possible to stream a blob fieldtype without loading it > > all into memory at once? > > No because web2py base64 encodes blobs. > > > Also, how can I manually stream an upload? I am trying to save the > > posted data with a request without the server having to load it all > > into memory at once. > > If you use SQLField('file','upload') it ill by default stream in > upload and download. If you use SQLField > ('file','upload',uploadfield='the_blob_field') then it must be read in > memory at once in order to communicate with the DB. > > Massimo --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py Web Framework" 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/web2py?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---

