Multiple select multipart/form-data + FileUploader

Question

Hi
I'm using asp multiple select form field with
multipart/form-data +
FileUploader to upload a file (works fine) and writing the
contents of
a form to a database which works fine apart from the multiple
select
which although allows me to select multiple items only
returns the
first selected item to the database.
Anywork arounds to this??
Thanks in advance!!
Buzby
There's nothing more dangerous than a resourceful idiot

Answer 1

Multi-part requests are not packaged the same as regular requests, so the getParameter() method doesn't work on it (although I think it would get anything passed through the query string as part of the action parameter but I'm not sure).
You can also try the com.oreilly.servlet class MultipartRequest. I don't know if that's the same one found in the www.servlets.com link, but it is REALLY easy. Essentially, it looks like this:
MultipartRequest mr = new MultipartRequest(request, "[pathtosavefiles]'");
String param = mr.getParameter("paramname");
So instead of calling getParameter() on the request object, you now instead call it on the MultipartRequest object. When you instantiate the MultipartRequest object, it parses the request body for you, and also saves any uploaded files into the directory you specified in your path in the constructor.
I hope that helps.
Michael