[FX.php List] FX.php & File uploads

[Gjermund Gusland Thorsen]

Take a boo: http://file-making.com/files/index.phps

Let FileMaker 7 use the same folder as the upload folder

ggt

On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 15:00:43 -0600, Dale Bengston
<dbengston at preservationstudio.com> wrote:
> Hi Dennis,
> 
> Personally, I would not store an uploaded document in a container
> field. It's too easy to set up an external storage directory (external
> to the database, that is) and let PHP (not FX, but just plain-old PHP)
> handle the upload/move to secure location part while FileMaker keeps
> track of the path. The final location of the documents can even be a
> different server - perhaps a controlled-bandwidth FTP site.
> 
> Storing files in container fields also leads to database bloat. While
> this is less of an issue with FM7, I still wouldn't do it.
> 
> These are my personal preferences. Others out there may have a
> different approach.
> 
> Hope this helps,
> Dale
> --
> Dale Bengston | Streamline Studio, LLC | dbengston at streamline-studio.com
> Associate Member, FileMaker Solutions Alliance
> 
> 
> 
> On Nov 15, 2004, at 2:49 PM, Dennis Crall wrote:
> 
> >
> > I'm in the planning phase for a project, which will utilize FX.php and
> > FM7
> > to create a case repository. The cases are in the form of a Word
> > document,
> > and I'm trying to decide where they should be stored (file system or
> > database).
> >
> > Can someone give me a quick idea about what functionality FX and FMP
> > offer
> > in regards to uploading a file through a form and placing it in a
> > container
> > field?
> >
> > Any help is appreciated. Thank you,
> >
> > Dennis Crall
> > ITS-Academic Technologies
> > University of Iowa
> >
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