@Massimo, this worked for me- thanks a lot. I'd suggest making mention of jquery.form.js in the regular book as well.
Yarin On Dec 25, 1:31 am, Massimo Di Pierro <[email protected]> wrote: > The only way around this is using thishttp://jquery.malsup.com/form/ > > There is a web2py slice about this and an extended recipe in this > book:http://www.packtpub.com/web2py-application-development-recipes-to-mas... > > we decided not to include jquery.form.js in web2py because it is a > workaround to the specs (lack of multipart forms in ajax) and > therefore it has to be handled in a special way serverside. > > massimo > > On Dec 24, 8:00 pm, Yarin <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Just found this in the docs, which perhaps partially answers my > > question: > > > "*Please note:* Because Ajax post does not support multipart forms, > > i.e. file uploads, upload fields will not work with the LOAD > > component. You could be fooled into thinking it would work because > > upload fields will function normally if POST is done from the > > individual component's .load view. Instead, uploads are done > > with ajax- compatible 3rd-party widgets and web2py manual upload > > store commands."http://web2py.com/books/default/chapter/29/12? search=upload > > > Does this mean I have to do uploads manually? I'm looking at http:// > > web2py.com/book/default/chapter/06#Manual-uploads but I'm not clear on > > where/how I would perform this. > > > My table definition: db.define_table('image', Field('title', > > required=True), Field('file', 'upload')) > > > On Dec 24, 8:09 pm, Yarin <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Merry Christmas > > > > I need to do an AJAX form submission for a basic image table. I'm > > > following the strategy described > > > here:http://web2py.com/books/default/chapter/29/11#Ajax-form-submission > > > > whereby I create an HTML form by hand, and have a SQLForm handle the > > > submission. The record gets inserted fine, except that the image I > > > choose is not being uploaded, but a .txt file shows up in the uploads > > > folder instead. > > > > Is it possible to use web2py's upload functionality with AJAX > > > submissions? What are my options here? > > > > (NOTE: I need to use native jQuery ajax, not web2py ajax helpers, due > > > to extenuating circumstances) > > > > The form: > > > > <form id="image-form"> > > > <input id="image_title" id="image_title" name="title" type="text" > > > value=""> > > > <input id="image_file" name="file" type="file" /> > > > <input type="submit" name="Submit"/> > > > </form> > > > > <script> > > > > $(function() { > > > > $('#image-form').submit(function() { > > > > $.update('{{=URL(c='images', f='process')}}', { > > > title: $('#image_title').val(), > > > file: $('#image_file').val(), > > > }); > > > return false; > > > });}); > > > > </script>
