On Friday, October 28, 2011 10:38:10 AM UTC-4, Ross Peoples wrote:
>
> Having a little trouble with getting an attachment to work. This is a
> simplified version of the controller:
>
> form = FORM('Attach', [INPUT(_name='attachment', _type='file')])
>
Is the above a typo? INPUT should either not be in a list, or the list
should be preceded by a *. Also, don't you need a submit button?
>
> if form.accepts(request):
> v = form.vars.attachment
> if not v is None and not v == '':
> v = db.attachments.attachment.store(v)
>
v = db.attachments.attachment.store(v.file, v.filename) works for me.
> Looking through the dal.py, it looks like the line "shutil.copyfileobj(file,
> dest_file)" is expecting an actual File object, not a FieldStorage object,
> hence the attribute error. But if I try to pass "storage(v.file)" instead of
> "storage(v)", then the DAL errors out because it's expecting a FieldStorage
> object, not a File object.
>
>
Looks like Field.store() is expecting a file object, not a FieldStorage
(the only place it does anything with 'file' is when calling
shutil.copyfileobj).
