On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 16:31, mdipierro <[email protected]> wrote:
> I think the problem is is that request.vars.file is a cgi.FieldStorage > object and it lacks a __zero__ method therefore it incorrectly > evaluates to false even if the object is present. This is an error in > the book. Ah yes... I've looked in Storage, but not at FieldStorage. Thank you for your insight. > Anyway, the actualy filename is now atumatically base16 > encoded in the web2py-assigned filename and it is used to > automatically set the filename in the content-disposition. > Do you mean I can retrieve the original name from request.vars.file.filename ? On Apr 11, 9:19 am, matclab <[email protected]> wrote: > > I've just tried the recipe from the book p197 : "Storing the > > original filename", and I've stumbled upon the following strange > > behavior : > > The following piece of code doesn't work (never get inside the IF) > > if request.vars.file: > > print "In the IF" > > form.vars.file_filename = request.vars.file.filename > > > > whereas the following worked ok ! > > if 'file' in request.vars: > > print "In the IF" > > form.vars.file_filename = request.vars.file.filename > -- To unsubscribe, reply using "remove me" as the subject.
