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getting the uploaded filename for downloading

 
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Hi,
am uploading a file, and after its uploading, the link will go for downloading. Here it is getting the file name as "null" instead of uploaded filename. can you please tell me how the parameters of multi-part/formdata are stored. please i stuck with this from 2 days.

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[ September 04, 2008: Message edited by: Bear Bibeault ]
 
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Can you post your code snippet here.
 
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protected void doPost(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException, IOException {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
PrintWriter out=response.getWriter();
response.setContentType("text/html");
///out.println("upload servlet... POST ***** ");
boolean ismultipart = ServletFileUpload.isMultipartContent(request);
try
{
FileItemFactory factory = new DiskFileItemFactory();
ServletFileUpload upload = new ServletFileUpload(factory);
DiskFileItemFactory dfactory= new DiskFileItemFactory();
List items=upload.parseRequest(request);
Iterator iter = items.iterator();

while(iter.hasNext())
{
FileItem item = (FileItem)iter.next();

String fieldname = item.getFieldName();
HttpSession session = request.getSession();
session.setAttribute("filename",fieldname);
// out.println("field name --->>> "+fieldname);
String fieldvalue = item.getName();
// out.println("<br>field value --->>> "+fieldvalue);
session.setAttribute("fieldvalue",fieldvalue);
String contenttype=item.getContentType();
long size = item.getSize();
boolean memory = item.isInMemory();
//String filename=request.getParameter("filename");
//out.println(filename);
File saveTo = new File("/upload_files/myFile.txt");
item.write(saveTo);

}


}
catch(Exception e)
{
e.printStackTrace();
}
RequestDispatcher disp=request.getRequestDispatcher("UploadSuccess.jsp");
disp.forward(request,response);
}
 
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THis is my uploaded logic, is this is correct way of writing in to a server ?
thanks
indu
 
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List items=upload.parseRequest(request);



Check the List object contains the FileItem object
 
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Please be sure to use UBB code tags when posting code to the forums. Unformatted code is extremely hard to read and many people that might be able to help you will just move along to posts that are easier to read. Please read this for more information.

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oh, sorry Bear, thanks for your suggestion...
indu
 
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Karup, the List item is not having FileItem object..
 
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Check whether the request object Content Type is multipart/formdata or not.
If possible show the console output also.
[ September 05, 2008: Message edited by: Karup Mew ]
 
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