after skipping through the download method code I grasped your suggestion! Thank you
On 7 Apr, 13:53, carlo <[email protected]> wrote: > mmh, thank you Selecta but I think I did not understand that. > Could you point me to one of the past posts? > I do not want to store the original filename in my table, just to get > the decoded original filename (the one used by the download function > to set the disposition header). > I do not think your solution addresses that but maybe I am wrong > sorry. > > On 7 Apr, 13:24, selecta <[email protected]> wrote: > > > record = db.mytable[1] > > filename, file = db.mytable.myfile.retrieve(record.myfile) > > A('%s'%filename, _href = URL(request.application, 'default', > > 'download', args = record.myfile)) > > > i read the answer on this mailing list and i provided it to others > > like 50 times, this should go into the FAQ of web2py > >
