cheers! do you have yet another solution for the string to file dl idea?
thanks :-) On Sep 16, 5:51 pm, mdipierro <[email protected]> wrote: > filename,stream=db.dogs.image.retrieve(doggies[0].image) > data=stream.read() > > On Sep 16, 10:11 am, till <[email protected]> wrote: > > > hi all, > > > wondering how I can get the raw data of files uploaded into a db field > > to work with it. > > such as: > > doggies = db().select(db.dogs.ALL) > > doggies[0].image <- how can I access the raw data of the img? > > > also, if I have a text in the db, how can I allow the user to download > > a file with just the content of this one field, with a given filename > > it will use in the "save as"? > > > thanks in advance > >

