I think the issue is that people want to do
form=SQLFORM(db.table)
if form.accepts(...,dbio=False):
db.table.insert(**form.vars)
This works always except if form.vars.name is an upload field. In that
case the correct value is in form.vars.name_newfilename instead of
where people expect it to be.
Massimo
On Apr 11, 3:36 pm, Yarko Tymciurak <resultsinsoftw...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> I am not clear - what is the problem this is supposed to be solving?
>
> What is the expected behavior?
> What is the actual behavior?
>
> If there is a problem, are there other ways to deal with the problem?
>
> - Yarko
>
> On Apr 11, 3:09 pm, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote:
>
> > hmmmm... somehody my answer was not posted, reposting it
>
> > Hi Hamdy,
>
> > you raise a good issue. I am forwarding to the list to see what people
> > think about this in respect to backward compatibility.
>
> > Eight now when
>
> > form=SQLFORM(db.define_table('sometable',Field('somefield','upload')))
> > form.accepts(request.vars)
>
> > request.vars.somefield and form.somefield, both contain a
> > cgi.FieldStorage object
> > form.somefield_newfieldname contains the new name for the uploaded
> > field.
>
> > Hamdy is proposing changing this so that
>
> > request.vars.somefield contains the cgi.FieldStorage object and
> > and form.somefield and form.somefield_newfieldname, both contain the
> > new name for the uploaded field.
>
> > One the one side the proposed change may simplify the handling on the
> > form in some cases. like when dbio=False, bot on the other side it
> > introduces some problems: 1) may break backward compatibility
> > (although in about something not well documented); 2) even if SQLFORM
> > extends a FORM makes them behave differently in respect to how they
> > handle type='file' input fields
>
> > Both 1 and 2 are weak arguments and I am very unsure about this one.
>
> > Anybody else pro or opposed?
>
> > Massimo
>
> > On Apr 11, 2:42 pm, "hamdy.a.farag" <hamdy.a.fa...@inbox.com> wrote:
>
> > > sorry for the adds , I don't use may mail usually to post in the
> > > group
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