Actually this would work but it is not the best way, ... the problem
is that the storage is already performed by accepts so you must do
simply
file_form.accepts(request.vars,formname='file_form',onvalidation=check_file_in):
db.srcfile.insert(name=form.vars.name)
On Jun 15, 10:44 pm, mdipierro <[email protected]> wrote:
> May be a bug. can you try?
>
> file_form.accepts(request.vars,formname='file_form',onvalidation=check_file_in):
> request.vars.name.file.seek(0) ### add this line
> db.srcfile.insert(
> name=db.srcfile.name.store(
> request.vars.name.file,request.vars.name.filename),
> )
>
> On Jun 15, 11:02 am, weheh <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > # model
> > db.define_table('srcfile',
> > Field('name','upload',length=50,label=T('Upload
> > file'),autodelete=True,
> > uploadseparate=True,
> > requires=(
> > IS_UPLOAD_FILENAME(extension='pdf|txt|doc|htm|html|xml|ppt'),
> > IS_LENGTH(5000000,10))
> > ),
> > )
>
> > # controller
> > ...
> > file_form=SQLFORM.factory(db.auth_user,db.othertable,db.srcfile)
> > ...
> > if
> > file_form.accepts(request.vars,formname='file_form',onvalidation=check_file_in):
> > db.srcfile.insert(
> > name=db.srcfile.name.store(
> > request.vars.name.file,request.vars.name.filename),
> > )
> > ...
>
> > Problem is, file gets uploaded into
> > no_table.name/a2/
> > no_table.name.a24060930d31d0c1.313234363931322e747874.txt
> > prior to the insert. After the insert, there is a folder
> > srcfile.name/b1/srcfile.name.b192a5e35dc5081e.
> > 313234363931322e747874.txt
> > except that the file is empty.
>
> > Question: is this a bug, or do I need to explicitly copy from the
> > source to the destination? If the latter, what would the rationale be
> > for creating the destination file without copying the contents from
> > the source?
