Upload attachment using Java

[ruba sampath]

Hi,

I need coding for uploading document:

Attachment size : <2mb
Attachement format : pictures or pdf

Kindly please help me to resolve the issue

[Bear Bibeault]

Where's your code? What problems are you having with it?

[Rob Spoor]

Upload how? HTTP, FTP, through email?

[ruba sampath]

Upload from my local PC and to store the document or picture in the database.

[Rob Spoor]

Use a third part library like HttpClient to upload files to a web server.

[Paul Clapham]

Are you looking for client code which can upload data through some protocol (HTTP, FTP, etc) to a server? Or are you looking for server code which can receive HTTP uploads?

[ruba sampath]

Looking for client code which can upload data through some protocol (HTTP, FTP, etc) to a server

[Paul Clapham]

Okay. Client-side code then. But the code you use will depend on the protocol required by the server. So you should find out what that is.

[Rob Spoor]

Paul's right. The way files are uploaded in HTTP and FTP is quite different, and for SMB (a.k.a. Windows file sharing), NFS or SCP it's again completely different.

For HTTP you'll first need a page that can handle the file upload; a servlet, JSP page, PHP page, ASP page, etc. The HttpClient library I mentioned can then handle the rest.
For FTP you can use Apache Commons Net or JvFTP.
For SMB you can use regular java.io.File if the rights allow it, or JCIFS otherwise.
For SCP you can use JSch.

Of course these aren't the only libraries to use, but they do seem to be the most commonly used.

[ruba sampath]

Yes Paul. I need to upload the pdf or picture through local PC to database..

[Rob Spoor]

You'll need a table with a BLOB / binary / varbinary column. You then use PreparedStatement to insert / update a record in that table; PreparedStatement has a few setBinaryStream and setBlob methods and a setBytes method you can use for that.

[ruba sampath]

Thank you

I have inserted the record in the DB. But before inserting i have to find the file size in JSP using javascript without using ActiveXObject. Please Send me the code ASAP.

[Rob Spoor]

ruba sampath wrote:Please Send me the code ASAP.

We are NotACodeMill. And please EaseUp.

[ruba sampath]

Hi Rob,

You have understand wrongly. Send me the code in the sense "teach me how to proceed the concept"... I knoe code ranch is for beginners to learn.

[Rob Spoor]

I don't think this information is available through JavaScript. It's quite limited in what it can and cannot do with the file system.

[ruba sampath]

Thanks Rob