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[Edward L. Ford]

I'm working on a very similar problem concerning uploading PDF files  
into FileMaker.  I haven't had much time lately to work on my  
solution to it, but I figure now is a good time to ask some lingering  
questions on it:

As I understand it, there are 2 ways to store the PDF in a FileMaker  
container.  The first involves the file itself sitting inside the  
FileMaker database, so that each PDF inflates the size of the  
database.  Considering the size of my project, the database size  
could get out of hand pretty quick.

The second method is to have FileMaker store a reference to the PDF,  
and then FileMaker stashes the PDF somewhere on the server's file  
system.  Does this sound correct?

The second method is the one I want to pursue, but I haven't figured  
out where FileMaker stores the PDF files.  My server is Windows  
hosted, so can anyone tell me where the references point to?

Another consideration I'm unsure about (due to my own time  
limitations) is concerning access levels -- do I need administrative  
access to the server software in order to manage externally  
referenced PDF files, or can I handle that without having to bug the  
server admins?

Thanks to anyone who can help,
--Ed

On Nov 11, 2006, at 8:24 PM, FHASELTINE at aol.com wrote:

> Dale thank you for the suggestions.
>
> Temporarily while I am trying just to see if it works on my  
> computer MAC OS 10.4 I did what you suggested.  I opened the  
> permissions, so that Others could read and write.
>
> I do understand it is not a long term solution and I will reinstall  
> the permissions when I get it. I removed the $name = saraj from the  
> coding.  Again it did not seem to upload the file.
> //<?php
> //move_uploaded_file($_FILES['127.0.0.1/posting'] 
> ['tmp_name'],"localhost/posting");?>
>
> Florence Haseltine
> AIM: Fhaseltine
> fhaseltine at aol.com
> 240-476-7837
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