Problem viewing files that were saved as Attachments using PSoft functions

Question

Hello,
I am trying to apply the code delivered in FILE_ATTACH_WRK to send an attachment to our server, and also to retrieve (view) the file. I am able to save the attachments and also to retrieve them for viewing. But something is happening to the files when I return them from the server to view them. For example, I saved a text file, but when I pull the file back for viewing it appears that all the carriage returns have been removed. A file saved like this....
-- Script : delete_bad_referral.sql
--+
-- 01/10/2011 rjm
--+
-- Return failure code when program does not complete successfully
whenever sqlerror exit failure;
whenever oserror exit failure;
Comes back looking like this:
+-- Script : delete_bad_referral.sql -- -- 01/10/2011 rjm -- -- Return failure code when program does not complete successfully whenever sqlerror exit failure; whenever oserror exit failure; set echo on set feedback on set head off set linesize 500 --select select * FROM sysadm+
Has anyone seen this before? Know how to correct it?

Answer 1

Apologies if I switch gears here. Your last post was helpful and may have helped to resolve the problem with .txt files. But I just returned from a meeting and the customers have refined their requirement so that users can only attach files within the Office suite - ie Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.... So .txt files will not be a problem.
However, I just encountered a problem working with an Excel file as an attachment. I have no problem returning a .docx file - it opens just fine in Word. I can also save a .pdf file and have it open fine using View. But when I attach a .xlsx file, viewing it returns a .zip file! If I click Open, it breaks the file into several directories including _rels, docProps, xl, etc.... and several .xml files.  Nothing in the unzipped structure is viewable as an Excel file.
What would be causing this to happen?
Edited by: rjmerryman on Dec 6, 2011 12:28 PM