path is everything going from *d:\* to *.pptx*, not just the filename
On Thursday, November 14, 2013 11:03:05 AM UTC+1, Rahul wrote:
>
> Okay -
> So in my case the file name actually passed to DB is as highlighted below
> - this is 229 characters long (still smaller than 260 limit). Can the
> upload field handle such long file names ? Do you think that could be the
> problem? How do we specify file name character limit in db.py when defining
> files I know we can specify the size but how names of files ? Any idea?
>
> in db.py I have -
> Field('attach_file','upload'))
>
> I am not using blob to store files- instead files are stored on server at
> a specified path.
>
>
> issues.attach_file.8ddd3149b14cb8e9.4d6f6e6579204d617474657273206578706f7365205072696d6172792041647669736f722066726f6d20436f6e7461637420746f20496e76204163636f756e74207669657720616e642064796e616d6963207265706f7274732e70707478.pptx
> Regards, Rahul
>
> On Thursday, November 14, 2013 2:11:13 PM UTC+5:30, Niphlod wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thursday, November 14, 2013 6:21:26 AM UTC+1, Rahul wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Ricardo,
>>> Thanks for the response, but I don't understand why it should
>>> be a windows limit. I have many files with much larger names in windows,
>>> never had such a problem. Besides this only occurs when we are uploading it
>>> in web2py. Could SQLite database be a constraint ? I am using sqlite for
>>> this app. What might cause this, for now I have reduced the file name and
>>> it gets uploaded just fine.
>>>
>>> Sincerely, Rahul D.
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>> There's no way you can have a path with more than 260 characters in
>> windows. Any database has no issues on handling long paths, only the
>> underlying filesystem. If you choose to store files in your uploads folder,
>> and you are on windows, you need to limit the length of the filenames users
>> try to upload. Alternatively, you can store files in the database in a blob
>> field.
>>
>
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