Form images to database

Question

My apologies if this subject is covered elsewhere as I tried
several combinations of search words to no avail. I hate to admit
that I have worked this problem, using routines from books and
tutorial web sites rewriting what appears to be simple logic for
several weeks.
The problem. I am trying to use a form to load image files
(jpg) under 80k to an MySQL database while using html, php and
MySQL. The form generated by Dreamweaver does not allow me to
access any file that is not loaded on my hard drive. As I learned
today, it appears to be a Mac thing. I finally ran across input on
another forum that stated/implied that this function does not work
on Leopard. Is this true? If so, is it being addressed in CS3? Is
there a work-around? Before writing this note, I tried running my
form on an old PC laptop and I did not have this problem. This may
be old news.

Answer 1

Heh - I need to renumber my ordered list!
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"Murray *ACE*" <[email protected]> wrote
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> So, let me rephrase your question, and tell me if I am
correct.
>
> You have a file field in your form. When you locally
preview that page
> containing the form, you want to enter an external path
(not on your hard
> drive) into that field? And you cannot manually enter
this path on the
> Mac, where you can only Browse to the file?
>
> If that's correct, I'm still confused:
>
> 1. Why are you worried about how this functions during
local preview?
> 2. It sounds like you are trying to preview locally and
link to an image
> on the server? Why?
> 2. I'm not at my Mac just now, so I can't test the
functionality of the
> file field on it, but I seem to remember that the Mac
behaves exactly the
> same way as the PC for a file field. Are you sure about
this?
> 3. What is the 'accept="image/*" attribute in the file
field for? There
> is no such attribute for the <input> tag that I
know of.
> 4. If you read the W3C description of the file field you
will see that it
> is intended to be used to select a LOCAL file which is
then intended to be
> uploaded to the server, not to select a server file to
be downloaded to
> the local computer. Am I correct that this is what you
want to do?
>
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> "de king" <[email protected]> wrote in
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>> The form has a slot supported in the code as:
>> <input type="file" name="userfile"
accept="image/*" value="" /> where
>> ''value'
>> will receive the URL to locate the image on the
server that I want to
>> access.
>> However, the code generates
>> URL - Path to image: ______'slot'______________
|Browse| (button)
>>
>> The code will not allow me to key an address into
the 'slot'. It will
>> only
>> allow me to click on 'Browse' and select an image
from my hard drive. I
>> have
>> used 3 browsers on my Mac w/ Leopard - Firefox,
Opera and Safari with
>> the same
>> result. However, if I run he same logic on my PC
laptop, it works.
>>
>> Therefore, it would appear to me to be a problem
with Dreamweaver - Mac
>> logic
>> or with Mac itself. BUT - it would seem to be
somewhat big news??
>>
>