Am 11.06.2012 21:26, schrieb Anthony: > > hm, so the uuid seems to be there to take into account, that > multiple files with the same filename might be uploaded. That > makes sense, exspecially if not all files README.txt have the same > content. > > > If the filename is very long, part of it might get cut off depending > on the "length" attribute of the upload field (particularly since the > b16encode increases the name length), so even files with different > original names could end up with the same truncated b16encode value. > The uuid will also prevent someone from guessing the URL for a file > even if they know (or correctly guess) the original filename. > > > Interesting enough I was able to totally skip the file database > table completely. > I got a unique name for my data sets and _generate_ files with > unique filenames from those datasets. > I know there is a dataset P03-1232012312. > So if I want to download the file P03-1232012312_EN.pdf I need to call > .../download/t_files.f_file.xxx.5030332d31323332303132333132.pdf > > > Are you using the standard download function, which calls > response.download()? If so, that only works by checking the db. Or > having you created a custom download function that just opens the file > and streams it? > > Anthony > Beat me, but I am using the simplest download function
def download():
return response.download(request,db)
and it works without database entries.
Well - I got a table defined like this:
db.define_table("t_files",
#Field('file', 'upload', uploadfield='picture_file'),
Field('f_file', 'upload'),
migrate=settings.migrate)
But there is nothing in it.
Kind regards
Cornelius
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