Let us know your solution. On Friday, 31 May 2013 12:59:04 UTC-5, Derek wrote: > > Yeah, I think I'd monkey-patch it. > > On Thursday, May 30, 2013 11:15:22 AM UTC-7, Joe Barnhart wrote: >> >> Wow! I've rediscovered a bug from 2001! And they say I'm living in the >> past... >> >> Well at least I'm not alone back there. Massimo is back there with me! >> >> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/web2py/XF0LbfNl9ag/j2DbOtR1mf0J >> >> On Thursday, May 30, 2013 9:51:05 AM UTC-7, Derek wrote: >>> >>> You ran into a bug (imho) that has existed in python since 2001 (at >>> least). >>> >>> http://bugs.python.org/issue444913 >>> >>> Now it's preserved for backwards compatibility. >>> >>> >>> >>> On Thursday, May 30, 2013 2:06:20 AM UTC-7, Joe Barnhart wrote: >>>> >>>> I've had the most awful time trying to get the actual filename of an >>>> uploaded file to appear in my database. I've gone over and over the >>>> advice, but it has never worked for me. I was beginning to suspect evil >>>> spirits in my code when I ran across the problem... >>>> >>>> cgi.FieldStorage does NOT behave like other Python variables in that it >>>> doesn't resolve to True if the object contains data. It resolves to False >>>> ALL THE TIME, whether it has data or not. >>>> >>>> I was dutifully following advice and had code that looked like: >>>> >>>> >>>> if request.vars.upload: >>>> form.vars.filename = request.vars.upload.filename >>>> >>>> >>>> But guess what? The code inside "if" NEVER RUNS. >>>> >>>> For now I've worked around it by using the method "has_key()" on the >>>> cgi.FieldStorage object: >>>> >>>> >>>> if request.vars.has_key('upload'): >>>> form.vars.filename = request.vars.upload.filename >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> And this works. >>>> >>>> The "proper" fix is probably to modify cgi.FieldStorage so that is >>>> resolves to True if it has data and False if empty, like all other Python >>>> objects. But I thought I'd pass along my epiphany in case others are >>>> wondering if their code is inhabited by evil spirits. >>> >>>
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