File upload vs Url

In Portal 10.1.4.2, file can be added to portal pages by uploading to portal as well as by adding the url to the location. Which method you use and is there any significant advantages/disadvantages on the course of time if you upload it to portal?
Thanks.

Here are some of the tips I give to content managers that publish file/url items on our employee portal:
Use a file item when ... the file does not need to be updated that often (e.g. printable form, policy, user guide, instructions, etc.), the file needs to be searchable in the portal, the file needs to be accessible to a broader/different group of people than a file stored on a network file server (e.g. customers in the portal vs internal users on the network), when publishing it on the portal means it's the "official" published version of the file, when you want to utilize version control.
Use a URL item when ... you have a file on the network that needs to be updated often (e.g. a log in a spreadsheet) so you link to that file from the portal, when you want to link in the portal to a folder on the network that contains multiple documents that do not need to be linked to from the portal, when you need to provide a link from the portal to an internal or external web page, web-based form/report, or another web-based application.

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Problem using File upload in portlets

hello there
I'm trying to use file upload component in one of my portlets. I searched a lot about a working component to be used in portlets since the standard one that comes with JSC doesn't work in portlets. I managed to get commons file upload and tomahawk to run in my portlet, but when I choose a file and try to get selected file's details it throughs a NullPointerException reporting that the file object is null.
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I added file upload component in JSF from portlets in Sun Java Portal server.
Take a look...
portlet.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<portlet-app xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/portlet/portlet-app_1_0.xsd"
version="1.0"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/portlet/portlet-app_1_0.xsd http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/portlet/portlet-app_1_0.xsd">
<portlet>
<description>SFTB Anonymous Mail Portlet</description>
<portlet-name>SFTBAnonymousMailPortlet</portlet-name>
<display-name>SFTBAnonymousMailPortlet</display-name>
<portlet-class>org.apache.portals.bridges.portletfilter.FilterPortlet</portlet-class>
<init-param>
<name>portlet-class</name>
<value>com.sun.faces.portlet.FacesPortlet</value>
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<init-param>
<name>portlet-filters</name>
<value>jp.sf.pal.tomahawk.filter.ExtensionsPortletFilter</value>
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<description>Portlet init page</description>
<name>com.sun.faces.portlet.INIT_VIEW</name>
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<portlet-mode>EDIT</portlet-mode>
<portlet-mode>HELP</portlet-mode>
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<title>Отправка предложений</title>
<short-title>Отправка предложений</short-title>
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE web-app PUBLIC "-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD Web Application 2.3//EN" "http://java.sun.com/dtd/web-app_2_3.dtd">
<web-app>
<display-name>SFTBAnonymousMailComment</display-name>
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<param-name>javax.faces.STATE_SAVING_METHOD</param-name>
<param-value>server</param-value>
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<context-param>
<param-name>javax.faces.CONFIG_FILES</param-name>
<param-value>/WEB-INF/faces-config.xml</param-value>
</context-param>

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<filter-name>ExtensionsFilter</filter-name>
<filter-class>org.apache.myfaces.webapp.filter.ExtensionsFilter</filter-class>
<init-param>
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<param-value>10m</param-value>
<description>Set the size limit for uploaded files.
Format: 10 - 10 bytes
10k - 10 KB
10m - 10 MB
1g - 1 GB
</description>
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<init-param>
<param-name>uploadThresholdSize</param-name>
<param-value>100k</param-value>
<description>Set the threshold size - files
below this limit are stored in memory, files above
this limit are stored on disk.
Format: 10 - 10 bytes
10k - 10 KB
10m - 10 MB
1g - 1 GB
</description>
</init-param>
</filter>
<filter-mapping>
<filter-name>ExtensionsFilter</filter-name>
<servlet-name>FacesServlet</servlet-name>
</filter-mapping>
<servlet>
<servlet-name>FacesServlet</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet</servlet-class>
<load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
</servlet>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>FacesServlet</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>*.faces</url-pattern>
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Files in WEB-INF/lib
commons-beanutils-1.7.0.jar
commons-collections-3.2.jar
commons-digester-1.8.jar
commons-fileupload-1.2.1.jar
commons-io-1.2.jar
commons-logging-1.1.1.jar
faces-response-filter-0.2.jar
jsf-api-1.1_02.jar
jsf-impl-1.1_02.jar
jsf-portlet-1.1.5.jar
jstl-1.1.0-D13.jar
log4j-1.2.9.jar
portals-bridges-portletfilter-1.0.jar
standard-1.1.0-D13.jar
tomahawk-1.1.6.jar
tomahawk-bridge-0.9.1.jar
Files tomahawk-bridge-0.9.1.jar, faces-response-filter-0.2.jar may be found there http://sourceforge.jp/projects/pal/
In JSF beans I'm using org.apache.myfaces.custom.fileupload.UploadedFile
Hope this helps.
Bests,
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URGENT! File Upload Utility or a Custom UI for File Upload is needed!

Hi all,
I'm trying to find or develop a file upload utility or custom user interface rather than editing and adding file type item to a page. There is a free portlet for file upload in Knowledge Exchange resources, but it is for 3.0.9 release. I'm using portal 9.0.2.
I could not any sample about the new release. Also API such as wwsbr_api that is used to add item to content areas is out dated.
I create a page with a region for "items". When "edit" page and try to add an "file" type item the generated url is sth like this;
"http://host:7779/pls/portal/PORTAL.wwv_additem.selectitemtype****"
After selecting item type as a simple file autogenerated url is sth. like ;
"http://host:7779/pls/portal/PORTAL.wwv_add_wizard.edititem"
I made search about these API but could not find anything (in PDK PL/SQL API help, too).
I need this very urgent for a proof of consept study for a customer.
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Answered your post on the General forum.
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File Upload / Download - Advice Required

Hi all,
This is really just a general question, looking for advice.
I have downloaded and successfully used the File Upload PJC for Forms 6i - thanks Oracle.
We are looking to use this to download and upload files from or to the client machine, and I am (relatively) confident of reversing the Java components to allow this to happen.
However, we are actually looking to transfer the files from the client machine, to the 9iAS Tier and then to the UNIX (AIX) tier where the database (8.1.7.4) resides - and vice versa.
I have considered a couple of different approaches :
1. Run the Java Server component in the Database JVM to enable the writing/reading of files on the UNIX filesystem.
2. Use TEXT_IO on the 9iAS tier, and UTL_FILE on the Database Tier, to move files between the two tiers.
3. Write the files to / from the Database, and then from/to there into the UNIX filesystem.
Does anyone have any expereince of attempting to implement a similar solution, or information on Oracle documentation explaining any of the above.
Plus, I'm sure I must be missing a trick !
Any other ideas ??
Regards
Marc Ludwig

We have build a similar solution,
for the download:
we use the pl/sql gateway to send the file to the client with the following function:
wpg_docload.download_File(lob_loc);
you could build a pl/sql procedure that accepts an id and selects the blob locater and
triggers this function. the procedure can be called by setting the configuration in your DAD correctly.
that way its easier then rebuilding the whole fileupload utility.
in the webforms you can have a code that opens a new window with an url you give.
the url will point to the pl/sql function and you can pass the id of the record you want to get the blob from.
for the upload to your database:
well, we chose to loose the zip functionality and modify the pl/sql library that comes with it.
instead of using the uploadserver class, you could build a pl/sql function in the database that
accepts the varchar32 strings (which are base64encoded chunks of your file) and appends them to a blob.
the function that could do that would look like:
PROCEDURE APPEND_DATA(P_ID IN NUMBER, P_DATA IN VARCHAR2) IS
bin_data blob;
append_data blob;
raw_data raw(16384);
BEGIN
dbms_lob.CREATETEMPORARY(append_data,true);
dbms_lob.OPEN(append_data,DBMS_LOB.LOB_READWRITE);
select binary_data into bin_data from ibs_physical_doc where id=P_ID for update;
raw_data:= utl_encode.BASE64_DECODE(utl_raw.CAST_TO_RAW(p_data));
dbms_lob.write(append_data, utl_raw.LENGTH(raw_data),1,raw_data);
dbms_lob.APPEND(bin_data,append_data);
dbms_lob.CLOSE(append_data);
COMMIT;
END;
you can increase the chunksize a bit more.
you still have a problem btw that you probably cant upload more then 4-8 mb before you get an out of memory error on the client.
you could solve that by rewriting the client java file to send the file piece by piece on request by the server instead of all the pieces after eachother, and first read a piece of the file and then encode that piece and then send it instead of reading the whole file, encoding it and sending the chunks.
Another option is to use the standard upload possibilties with web pl/sql, and open a new browser window to that window from forms. A drawback of that is that it is not integrated in the web forms program and that you cant see when the upload is finished (no callback). and that you are bound to the default table layout.
one final thing, if you are going to use this, you might want to take a look at using JInitiator 1.3.1.9 if you arent using it already this automaticly sets the signature in the clients database if he accepts it. there is a bug in it, look for it somewhere in this forum. if you are using the sample that comes with forms 6i you will have to replace the fileuploadprogressbar with the one that comes with the forms 9i sample and recompile everything and i think you will have to use JDK1.3.1_03 for that. that means that you will have to modify the make batch file. the command for compiling is different, the classpath is an option when you call javac, also you will have to sign it with jarsigner.exe (in the jdk) instead of the one in the example.
Hope this info is helpfull, if you like to have more specific code, mail me at [email protected]

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The file needs to be renamed before it is written to the directory.
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Here is my upload servlet. Can you tell me where to change the type so it will write the file with the new extension?
Thanks.
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// filesystem, or null if the file was not included in the upload.
public File getFile(String name) {
try {
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catch (Exception e) {
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// Access header two ways to work around WebSphere oddities
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if (boundary == null) {
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if (line == null) {
throw new IOException("Corrupt form data: premature ending");
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if (!line.startsWith(boundary)) {
throw new IOException("Corrupt form data: no leading boundary");
// Now that we're just beyond the first boundary, loop over each part
boolean done = false;
while (!done) {
done = readNextPart(in, boundary);
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// readParameter() and readAndSaveFile() to do the actual work. A
// subclass can override this method for a better optimized or
// differently behaved implementation.
protected boolean readNextPart(MultipartInputStreamHandler in,
String boundary) throws IOException {
// Read the first line, should look like this:
// content-disposition: form-data; name="field1"; filename="file1.txt"
String line = in.readLine();
if (line == null) {
// No parts left, we're done
return true;
else if (line.length() == 0) {
// IE4 on Mac sends an empty line at the end; treat that as the end.
// Thanks to Daniel Lemire and Henri Tourigny for this fix.
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String disposition = dispInfo[0];
String name = dispInfo[1];
String filename = dispInfo[2];
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if (contentType != null) {
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line = in.readLine();
if (line == null || line.length() > 0) { // line should be empty
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IOException("Malformed line after content type: " + line);
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return sbuf.toString(); // no URL decoding needed
// A utility method that reads a single part of the multipart request
// that represents a file, and saves the file to the given directory.
// A subclass can override this method for a better optimized or
// differently behaved implementation.
protected void readAndSaveFile(MultipartInputStreamHandler in,
String boundary,
String filename,
String contentType) throws IOException {
OutputStream out = null;
// A filename of NO_FILE means no file was sent, so just read to the
// next boundary and ignore the empty contents
if (filename.equals(NO_FILE)) {
out = new ByteArrayOutputStream(); // write to nowhere
// A MacBinary file goes through a decoder
else if (contentType.equals("application/x-macbinary")){
File f = new File(dir + File.separator + filename);
out = new MacBinaryDecoderOutputStream(
new BufferedOutputStream(
new FileOutputStream(f), 8 * 1024));
// A real file's contents are written to disk
else {
File f = new File(dir + File.separator + filename);
out = new BufferedOutputStream(new FileOutputStream(f), 8 * 1024);
byte[] bbuf = new byte[100 * 1024]; // 100K
int result;
String line;
// ServletInputStream.readLine()
// adds a \r\n to the end of the last line.
// Since we want a byte-for-byte transfer, we have to cut those chars.
boolean rnflag = false;
while ((result = in.readLine(bbuf, 0, bbuf.length)) != -1) {
// Check for boundary
if (result > 2 && bbuf[0] == '-' && bbuf[1] == '-') { // quick pre-check
line = new String(bbuf, 0, result, "ISO-8859-1");
if (line.startsWith(boundary)) break;
// Are we supposed to write \r\n for the last iteration?
if (rnflag) {
out.write('\r'); out.write('\n');
rnflag = false;
// Write the buffer, postpone any ending \r\n
if (result >= 2 &&
bbuf[result - 2] == '\r' &&
bbuf[result - 1] == '\n') {
out.write(bbuf, 0, result - 2); // skip the last 2 chars
rnflag = true; // make a note to write them on the next iteration
else {
out.write(bbuf, 0, result);
out.flush();
out.close();
// Extracts and returns the boundary token from a line.
private String extractBoundary(String line) {
// Use lastIndexOf() because IE 4.01 on Win98 has been known to send the
// "boundary=" string multiple times. Thanks to David Wall for this fix.
int index = line.lastIndexOf("boundary=");
if (index == -1) {
return null;
String boundary = line.substring(index + 9); // 9 for "boundary="
// The real boundary is always preceeded by an extra "--"
boundary = "--" + boundary;
return boundary;
// Extracts and returns disposition info from a line, as a String array
// with elements: disposition, name, filename. Throws an IOException
// if the line is malformatted.
private String[] extractDispositionInfo(String line) throws IOException {
// Return the line's data as an array: disposition, name, filename
String[] retval = new String[3];
// Convert the line to a lowercase string without the ending \r\n
// Keep the original line for error messages and for variable names.
String origline = line;
line = origline.toLowerCase();
// Get the content disposition, should be "form-data"
int start = line.indexOf("content-disposition: ");
int end = line.indexOf(";");
if (start == -1 || end == -1) {
throw new IOException("Content disposition corrupt: " + origline);
String disposition = line.substring(start + 21, end);
if (!disposition.equals("form-data")) {
throw new IOException("Invalid content disposition: " + disposition);
// Get the field name
start = line.indexOf("name=\"", end); // start at last semicolon
end = line.indexOf("\"", start + 7); // skip name=\"
if (start == -1 || end == -1) {
throw new IOException("Content disposition corrupt: " + origline);
String name = origline.substring(start + 6, end);
// Get the filename, if given
String filename = null;
start = line.indexOf("filename=\"", end + 2); // start after name
end = line.indexOf("\"", start + 10); // skip filename=\"
if (start != -1 && end != -1) { // note the !=
filename = origline.substring(start + 10, end);
// The filename may contain a full path. Cut to just the filename.
int slash =
Math.max(filename.lastIndexOf('/'), filename.lastIndexOf('\\'));
if (slash > -1) {
filename = filename.substring(slash + 1); // past last slash
if (filename.equals("")) filename = NO_FILE; // sanity check
// Return a String array: disposition, name, filename
retval[0] = disposition;
retval[1] = name;
retval[2] = filename;
return retval;
// Extracts and returns the content type from a line, or null if the
// line was empty. Throws an IOException if the line is malformatted.
private String extractContentType(String line) throws IOException {
String contentType = null;
// Convert the line to a lowercase string
String origline = line;
line = origline.toLowerCase();
// Get the content type, if any
if (line.startsWith("content-type")) {
int start = line.indexOf(" ");
if (start == -1) {
throw new IOException("Content type corrupt: " + origline);
contentType = line.substring(start + 1);
else if (line.length() != 0) { // no content type, so should be empty
throw new IOException("Malformed line after disposition: " + origline);
return contentType;
// A class to hold information about an uploaded file.
class UploadedFile {
private String dir;
private String filename;
private String type;
UploadedFile(String dir, String filename, String type) {
this.dir = dir;
this.filename = filename;
this.type = type;
public String getContentType() {
return type;
public String getFilesystemName() {
return filename;
public File getFile() {
if (dir == null || filename == null) {
return null;
else {
return new File(dir + File.separator + filename);
// A class to aid in reading multipart/form-data from a ServletInputStream.
// It keeps track of how many bytes have been read and detects when the
// Content-Length limit has been reached.
class MultipartInputStreamHandler {
ServletInputStream in;
int totalExpected;
int totalRead = 0;
byte[] buf = new byte[8 * 1024];
public MultipartInputStreamHandler(ServletInputStream in,
int totalExpected) {
this.in = in;
this.totalExpected = totalExpected;
// Reads the next line of input. Returns null to indicate the end
// of stream.
public String readLine() throws IOException {
StringBuffer sbuf = new StringBuffer();
int result;
String line;
do {
result = this.readLine(buf, 0, buf.length); // this.readLine() does +=
if (result != -1) {
sbuf.append(new String(buf, 0, result, "ISO-8859-1"));
} while (result == buf.length); // loop only if the buffer was filled
if (sbuf.length() == 0) {
return null; // nothing read, must be at the end of stream
sbuf.setLength(sbuf.length() - 2); // cut off the trailing \r\n
return sbuf.toString();
// A pass-through to ServletInputStream.readLine() that keeps track
// of how many bytes have been read and stops reading when the
// Content-Length limit has been reached.
public int readLine(byte b[], int off, int len) throws IOException {
if (totalRead >= totalExpected) {
return -1;
else {
if (len > (totalExpected - totalRead)) {
len = totalExpected - totalRead; // keep from reading off end
int result = in.readLine(b, off, len);
if (result > 0) {
totalRead += result;
return result;
// Class to filters MacBinary files to normal files on the fly
// Optimized for speed more than readability
class MacBinaryDecoderOutputStream extends FilterOutputStream {
int bytesFiltered = 0;
int dataForkLength = 0;
public MacBinaryDecoderOutputStream(OutputStream out) {
super(out);
public void write(int b) throws IOException {
// Bytes 83 through 86 are a long representing the data fork length
// Check <= 86 first to short circuit early in the common case
if (bytesFiltered <= 86 && bytesFiltered >= 83) {
int leftShift = (86 - bytesFiltered) * 8;
dataForkLength = dataForkLength | (b & 0xff) << leftShift;
// Bytes 128 up to (128 + dataForkLength - 1) are the data fork
else if (bytesFiltered < (128 + dataForkLength) && bytesFiltered >= 128) {
out.write(b);
bytesFiltered++;
public void write(byte b[]) throws IOException {
write(b, 0, b.length);
public void write(byte b[], int off, int len) throws IOException {
// If the write is for content past the end of the data fork, ignore
if (bytesFiltered >= (128 + dataForkLength)) {
bytesFiltered += len;
// If the write is entirely within the data fork, write it directly
else if (bytesFiltered >= 128 &&
(bytesFiltered + len) <= (128 + dataForkLength)) {
out.write(b, off, len);
bytesFiltered += len;
// Otherwise, do the write a byte at a time to get the logic above
else {
for (int i = 0 ; i < len ; i++) {
write(b[off + i]);

I am also need to rename a file and extension while uploadinf the file to the server. The oreilly example seems only save as the same file name and ext. I wonder if you have the ability chANGE OIT OR NOT. pLEASE LET ME KNOW
thanks
kansen

File upload to web server

I need a little help with the file upload process in flex..
I am trying to upload a file.. i had it where i would get a cgi-script url passing as the following
filename="filename"&filedata="data of the file"
then my cgi script "written in C" would read from standard in.. and write the info to a file...
now i get the following..
------------KM7Ef1gL6Ij5cH2ae0ei4Ij5GI3Ef1
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="Filename"
Botanical Garden 239.JPG
------------KM7Ef1gL6Ij5cH2ae0ei4Ij5GI3Ef1
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="Filedata"; filename="Botanical Garden 239.JPG"
Content-Type: application/octet-stream
in the file i am trying to write.... Can anyone help me fix this problem? I am clueless at this point on what to do..
sample code below is what i got from trying to work this...
Thanks in advanced for anyones help..
<code>
const FILE_UPLOAD_URL:String = "http://172.16.1.6:1111/cgi-bin/login.cgi";
private function init():void {fileRef =
new FileReference();fileRef.addEventListener(Event.SELECT, fileRef_select);
fileRef.addEventListener(ProgressEvent.PROGRESS, fileRef_progress);
fileRef.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, fileRef_complete);
private function browseAndUpload():void {fileRef.browse();
message.text =
private function fileRef_select(evt:Event):void {
try {message.text =
"size (bytes): " + numberFormatter.format(fileRef.size);fileRef.upload(
new URLRequest(FILE_UPLOAD_URL) );
trace("going to print file data in a sec... ready?");
trace(fileRef.data);
trace(fileRef.name );}
catch (err:Error) {message.text =
"ERROR: zero-byte file";}
private function fileRef_progress(evt:ProgressEvent):void {progressBar.visible =
true;}
private function fileRef_complete(evt:Event):void {message.text +=
" (complete)";progressBar.visible =
false;}
</code>

Here are some code....
Forms
<%@ page language="java" session="true" %>
<html>
<head>
<script>
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form name="myform" method="post" action="fileproc.jsp" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<input type="file" name="myfile">
<input type="submit" value="submit">
</form>
</body>
</html>Process
<%@ page language="java" session="true" import="com.oreilly.servlet.*"%>
<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
<% String s = request.getParameter("myfile"); %>
<%=s%>
<br>
<%
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   while (params.hasMoreElements()) {
     String name = (String)params.nextElement();
     String value = multi.getParameter(name);
     out.println(name + " = " + value);
   out.println();
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   while(e.hasMoreElements()){
       String fname = (String)e.nextElement();
       out.println("<h1>"+fname+"</h1>");
       File fl = multi.getFile(fname);
       FileReader fr = new FileReader(fl);
       BufferedReader buf = new BufferedReader(fr);
       while(buf.ready()){
           out.println(buf.readLine());
       out.println();
       buf.close();
       fl.delete();
%>
</body>
</html>Hope this helps....

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I understand that within a JSP, It is possible to read a file from the Client by opening a Stream somehow.
How do I code, within jsp/servlet (non tag) java code inside <% %>
blocks, WITHOUT openening a new connection to the URL, an InputStream from a client web browser form, from a file upload coded using
<input type="file" name="file1"/> ?
I have previously achieved this quite simply with a FileInputStream
with the previous version of JSTL.
How may I do this with the latest version of JSTL, with this index.jsp?
-with a simple text file.
-with a Binary file (with DataInputStream)?
<%--
Document : index
Created on : 27/01/2009, 3:08:32 PM
Author : Zachary Mitchell
--%>
<%@page contentType="text/html" pageEncoding="UTF-8"%>
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
<title>JSP Page</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1 align="center">Hello World!</h1>
<form name="form1" method ="POST" >
<table align="center">
<tr>
<td>
<input name="file1" type="file" align="center"></input>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<input type="submit" value="submit" action="index.jsp" ></input>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>

<%@ taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jstl/core_rt" prefix="c" %>
<%@page import = "java.io.*" %>
<c:if test="${pageContext.request.method=='POST'}">
<%
File fileName = new File(request.getParameter("file1"));
out.println(fileName.toString());
FileInputStream stream = new FileInputStream(fileName);
out.println(stream.toString());
%>
</c:if>

</body>
</html>

If I have:

<form name="form1" method="POST" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<input name="file1" type="file"/>
<input name="submit1" type="submit" value="Submit" action="index.jsp"/>
</form>

and run this in an index.jsp, use browse to select my text file, and click SUBMIT.
I can use:
InputStreamReader reader = new InputStreamReader(new DataInputStream(request.getInputStream()))
BufferedReader bufferedReader = new BufferedReader(reader);
bufferedReader.readLine();...
However, these is some HTML/POST related content around what multiple readLine();
calls return.
Is there an easy way, like using "${param.file1}",
aside from [http://commons.apache.org/fileupload/|http://commons.apache.org/fileupload/],
maybe using servlet style code, to get the File contents from a remote Client,
to the remote Server servlet engine, AVOIDING ANY SUPERFLUOUS CONTENT,
using version 1.12 of the JSTL, JSP 2.0,Tomcat 6?
Just politely, yes, no, and how?
Edited by: Zac1234 on Jan 29, 2009 3:27 AM
Edited by: Zac1234 on Feb 1, 2009 8:29 PM

File Upload via CSOM is incrementing Version number by 2.

Any ideas why a file upload via CSOM is incrementing the version number by 2 instead of one?
I am using the following code to perform the upload
List library = clientContext.Web.Lists.GetByTitle(DOCUMENTS_LIST_NAME);
Folder folder = library.RootFolder;
FileCreationInformation fci = new FileCreationInformation();
Byte[] streamArray = new Byte[document.ContentLength];
document.InputStream.Read(streamArray, 0, document.ContentLength);
fci.Content = streamArray;
fci.Url = documentTypeID + "." + document.FileName.Split('.').Last<String>();
fci.Overwrite = true;
File fileToUpload = folder.Files.Add(fci);
clientContext.Load(fileToUpload);
clientContext.ExecuteQuery();

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File upload through BlazeDS remote object?

Hi,
After researching file upload options in flex, it seems like the only option is through HTTP service requests, such as:
private var fileRef:FileReference;
fileRef.upload(new URLRequest(FILE_UPLOAD_URL));
Is there any way to use BlazeDS remote objects to upload a file from Flex interface? Perhaps passing in a FileReference object and marshalling it into an equivalent Java object?
Thanks!

I know there is a workaround like this. It uses a servlet to upload a file and returns a url. The uploaded file is either stored in session or server file system until the session expires. Use the PropertyProxy to register a custom class which contains this url and convert to java.io.File. It is the limitation of the player. It cannot read the local file system for security reason. There is a sample in blazeds/trunk/qa/apps/qa-regress/WEB-INF/src/blazeds/qa/remotingService/Echo.java
static
PropertyProxyRegistry registry = PropertyProxyRegistry.getRegistry();
PropertyProxy proxy = registry.getProxy(java.io.File.class);
if (proxy == null)
registry.register(java.io.File.class, new FileProxy());
proxy = registry.getProxy(FileReference.class);
if (proxy == null)
registry.register(FileReference.class, new FileReferenceProxy());
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File Upload Bean doesn't work

I installed the file upload bean and made the path and classpath settings required, but the file is not uploaded to the server.
Any idea? Does it work standalone, i mean, am i only call the cgi URL or I need to construct a form and put a field that represents the file upload bean?
Another issue: I can't import java classes by the Oracle Forms 6i builder. Any suggestion?
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Urgent : file upload / download functionality in oracle portal page

Hi friends
I am new to portal development and am working on oracle portal 9i rel2 . I need to know how to put the file upload and download functionality in any page. the functionality given in oracle portal user guide is not user friendly (i.e in the content area add item of type file" ) .... i need to now is their any way to achieve the simple , one button click upload download functionality ..like we do in yahoo mails etc.
any help will be highly appreciated.
regards
Dheeraj

Well, I do not know the exact location of the document, however you can find the document to do this in modplsql User Guide ..(File Upload/Download).
I am pasting some hint:
e.g.
Create an html form..code something like this:
<html>
<head>
<title>test upload</title>
</head>
<body>
<FORM enctype="multipart/form-data"
action="pls/mydad/write_info"
method="POST">
<p>Author's Name:<INPUT type="text" name="who">
<p>Description:<INPUT type="text" name="description"><br>
<p>File to upload:<INPUT type="file" name="file"><br>
<p><INPUT type="submit">
</FORM>
</body>
</html>
Create a table
(who varchar2(..).
description varchar2(..),
file varchar2(..));
Your procedure something like this:
procedure write_info (
who in varchar2,
description in varchar2,
file in varchar2) as
begin
insert into myTable values (who, description, file);
htp.htmlopen;
htp.headopen;
htp.title('File Uploaded');
htp.headclose;
htp.bodyopen;
htp.header(1, 'Upload Status');
htp.print('Uploaded ' || file || ' successfully');
htp.bodyclose;
htp.htmlclose;
end;
You should be able to download/access the file using the following URL format:
http://<host>:<port>/pls/<dad>/docs/<file_name>
Where file name is = Look for the value in the "myTable" > file.
Do tell how you get on this.
Thanx,
Chetan.

File Upload Problem in JSF

Hi all,
I have a problem in file upload. I have a file upload third party component which uploads the file with the filter action depending on the url. My requirement is to trace the uploaded filename for addressing it with the database record. So I need the filename in my backing bean to store it in the database. Ho can i get the filename from view page to backing bean. Any Ideas and help please.
Many thanx,
vijaycanaan

Mr BalusC,
Yes Iam talking about a custom made upload component. The fileupload tutorials u send are good but my requirement is not meeting them. Among my requirements one is mutilple file uploads in the single view page. This is possible at present with my custom upload componet. Only if the problem gets solved. Any way once again please think on my problem and give your solution on it.
Here is my problem:
The problem is I have to access the components from view page which this kind of requirement possible in jsp by request parsing which results the key value pairs of the form components. This same thing/way I should get in backing bean from JSF view page.
The solution I want may like as follows.
Note this code is incorrect and wrong but for to understand my requirement.
someobject.getComponentIdValue("clientID"); which returns a string value as d:\images\Tutle.jpg
The clientID is upload file component' Id . In the request it may be the key associated with value as file complete path. By this kind of way my upload filter is able to get the orignal file. Ok i need this in my backing bean to get the orignal filename to insert into the database. Please for this give the solution or reply.many thanx,
vijaycanaan.

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