the data is in the body because it is posted from an external application (like what was described in that thread) instead of from a HTML form. Are there additional limitations in this case?
Richard On May 14, 10:55 pm, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote: > I am not sure this is what you want. Why is the data in the body and > not in a request.vars.file? > If you are uploading a file via a multipart form than there is no size > limitation. I tried one gigabyte from a virtual machine with 256M Ram. > > gmail.com> wrote: > > hello, > > > to upload the data I'm using the copystream example provided in this > > thread:http://groups.google.com/group/web2py/browse_thread/thread/67912959c7... > > > random_name=str(time.time())+str(randint(10000,99999)) > > filename=os.path.join(request.folder,'uploads',random_name) > > copystream(request.body, open(filename,'wb'), int > > (request.env.content_length)) > > db.yourtable.insert(file=filename,.....other fields....) > > > > the cherrypy server has no limitations and I tested it. > > > even a GB sized file? > > > Richard > > > On May 13, 10:48 pm, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote: > > > > the cherrypy server has no limitations and I tested it. > > > lighttpd should have none either but I cannot swear by the fcgi driver > > > that ships with web2py. > > > What's the code these tests? > > > > Massimo > > > > On May 13, 3:23 am, Richard <richar...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > sorry I was wrong - I'm using the default cherrypy wsgiserver and not > > > > Lighttpd. > > > > What kind of streaming limitations would you expect from the cherrypy > > > > wsgiserver? > > > > > Richard > > > > > On May 13, 6:18 pm, Richard <richar...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > hello, > > > > > > I am running web2py with Lighttpd/Sqlite on Windows. I have found that > > > > > streaming small files (few MBs) is no problem, but a ~50MB file makes > > > > > the server seize up so that I have to reset. > > > > > Would you expect that kind of performance from Lighttpd, or do you > > > > > expect the problem is elsewhere? (Generally I use Linux but this is > > > > > for work.) I've heard Lighttpd is used by some high profile sites so > > > > > it ought to be more stable. > > > > > > Richard --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py Web Framework" group. To post to this group, send email to web2py@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
