>>> Field(name, 'upload', size=200)
I think 'size' should be 'length'. The latter worked for me and the former 
didn't.

On Monday, 20 July 2015 16:24:24 UTC+10, Massimo Di Pierro wrote:

> This is handled by web2py. The filenames are truncated according to the 
> size of the uploadfield. This defaults to 512. In new versions of windows 
> the make file length has been reduced so you have to do
>
> Field(name, 'upload', size=200)
>
> and all filenames will be limited to 200 bytes.
>
> On Sunday, 19 July 2015 21:06:42 UTC-5, Scott Hunter wrote:
>>
>> This is not only an issue with Windows; any filesystem with a filename 
>> limit (however big) can hit this problem.  As this is all being handled by 
>> web2py, and the user is selecting the file to upload, where would this 
>> "logic" go, and why isn't web2py handling it?
>>
>> - Scott
>>
>> On Saturday, March 16, 2013 at 1:04:28 PM UTC-4, Niphlod wrote:
>>>
>>> I was wrong. the first part of the "hash" is a uuid, the second is a 
>>> base16 encoding of the original filename.
>>>
>>> Seems that you need some logic to cut down long files if you plan to 
>>> host on Windows.
>>>
>>> http://web2py.com/books/default/chapter/29/07?search=uploads#Storing-the-original-filename
>>>  
>>> <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fweb2py.com%2Fbooks%2Fdefault%2Fchapter%2F29%2F07%3Fsearch%3Duploads%23Storing-the-original-filename&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNHoAJ_7v4pFTQfLJ7w7itNYEBhoPw>
>>>
>>

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