cffile and uploading images

[Newsgroup_User]

I am a little bit confused on creating a form that can upload an image to a
folder. I am using the cffile tag and have a file field on the form to allow
the user to browse and file a logo to upload. I have it all set up but do I
use the copy or upload?

I have this:
<cffile action="copy" accept="jpg,jpeg,png,gif,psd" destination="logos"
filefield="logo" nameconflict="makeunique"> but then I noticed the 'upload'
attribute to the action.

Thanks
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Wally Kolcz
Developer / Support

[Newsgroup_User]

Figured it out. However I have another question.
How can I just capture just the name of the file and not the complete path?

[Abinidi]

Cffile.Serverfile will return filename and extension
cffile.serverfileext will return file extension only
cffile.serverfilename will only return filename without extension

Also, do a CFDUMP on CFFILE afterwards to see all the option you can use.

[Newsgroup_User]

Thanks for the heads up on these. I have been searching the docs, but I
can't find an example on how to use them. I want to use te cffile.serverfile
to return the file name and extension. Do I use that during the upload
process? If so, how to you add it to the statement?

<cffile action="upload" accept="image/gif, image/jpeg, image/jpg, image/png,
image/psd" destination="E:\webs\website.com\main\clients\logos"
filefield="form.logo" nameconflict="makeunique">

would it be:

<cffile.serverfile action="upload" accept="image/gif, image/jpeg, image/jpg,
image/png, image/psd" destination="E:\webs\website.com\main\clients\logos"
filefield="form.logo" nameconflict="makeunique">

[Newsgroup_User]

Ok, I gathered that it is not how you use it. I see how you can use it to
show the file name in an <cfoutput>

How can I use this parameter to ensure that only the filename and extension
are being entered into the database? Would I use that in the INSERT
statement?

Thanks.

[Abinidi]

Yes.
Do your query as such:

<cfquery datasource="DSN">
Insert into Tablename(image_name)
Values('#cffile.serverfile#")
</cfquery>

Adjust to what your db tables, etc are called.