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:  |  How to allow users select a file, and store the client file path?
I'm banging my head against the wall, so to speak. How on Earth should I be allowing users to select a file, and simply just store the full file path into the database?
One annoyance in building web-based applications is the functionality of <input type="file">.
The task I'm trying to do, is to simply allow users to browse and select a file, situated locally or within a network, then simply store the full path of that file into a database, without actually uploading the file.
Annoyance 1: FF3's file input no longer includes the PATH in such field types.
Annoyance 2: FF3's file input no longer allows manual input into such field types.
Those two annoying issues were discussed here: http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.support.firefox/browse_thread/thread/7503208936a34955
BEFORE I bumped into the above issues, I was originally trying to apply this technique: http://www.quirksmode.org/dom/inputfile.html, which seemed to be a promising way for me to not only store the file path STRING and prevent file uploads, but also to style such file fields.
Dang it, all I am trying to do is to store a STRING. How hard could that be?
Any suggestions?Started By Terry Young on Sep 29, 2009 at 3:09:00 AM | | | 18 Response(s) | Reply |
| View All Replies | Goto Page: 3 2 1 | | | Terry Young on Oct 29, 2009 at 10:39:46 AM The last time I understood the word "several", it wasn't meant to be greater than 10, nor which the actual subject noun that comes after it is being singular.
Probably another sign indicating that I'm still drinking too much coffee lately...
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