On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 5:30 PM, hank23 <hversem...@stchas.edu> wrote:
> I have a file upload screen coded and working, whenever I enter all of > the data (original file selected from the browse button; as well as > target file path and name entered in a separate textbox) at one time. > But when I leave the destination file field blank after selecting the > original file an error is returned saying the destination field needs > to be input, however when that error is returned to the screen the > file previously selected using the file field and browse button, is > not being returned with it. Why is my original file being dropped? > It's a browser security measure. Browsers will not allow a web-server to specify an initial value for a file input field, since that could lead to malicious servers easily tricking people into uploading sensitive information from their machines. Karen -- http://tracey.org/kmt/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
