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how to pass values from html to jsp

 
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hi

i am uploading a file to remote system
i need to send some values from html to jsp
in the html i am using the form tag as

<FORM name="loadfile" ACTION="file_upload1.jsp" ENCTYPE="multipart/form-data" METHOD="POST">

i am not able to pass values from html to jsp when
the ENCTYPE is used in the form tag
when i remove the ENCTYPE i am able to pass the values to jsp

how to solve this problem
waiting for your valuable suggestions



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For your kind information, request.getParameter() would always return null when enctype is multipart.
 
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http://faq.javaranch.com/view?FileUpload
Check this out.
 
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hi

thanks for the relpy
yes i am getting null value then how can i handle this
i need to send values from html which has ENCTYPE to jsp page
how can this be done


waiting for your reply

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Just to set a couple of things straight:

Your issue has nothing to do with the fact that your first page is HTML and your next page is a JSP.

Also, the value are getting passed just fine. But as Adeel pointed out, when the form is a multi-part form (or more precisely, when the form's encoding type is anything but x-www-form-urlencoded -- the default), request.getParameter and related methods do not work.

To get the values, the request must be parsed as a multi-part request. This is why so many people usually use one of the handy 3rd party libraries outlined in the FAQ entry that Adeel pointed you to.
[ November 09, 2005: Message edited by: Bear Bibeault ]
 
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hi

i am using the apache fileupload itself
my html code is

upload.html
---------------

<html>
<head>
<title>Upload File...</title>

</head>
<body>
<FORM name="loadfile" ACTION="file_upload1.jsp" ENCTYPE="multipart/form-data" METHOD="POST">
<table width="87%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr>
<td width="21%"> </td>
<td width="40%">Which file do you want to upload ?......</td>
<td width="12%"><INPUT TYPE=FILE NAME=fileload></td>
<td width="27%"> </td>
<td width="0%"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>  </td>
<td>Select the Category to upload file .......</td>
<td><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
<select name="select_load" >
<option value="io">I/O</option>
<option value="memory">Memory</option>
<option value="testchips">Test Chips</option>
<option value="stdcell">Standard Cell</option>
<option value="general">General</option>
</select>
</font></td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td><INPUT name="SUBMIT" TYPE=SUBMIT></td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
</table>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>  </p>
<p><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> </font></p>
<p><BR>
</p>
</FORM>
</body>
</html>


jsp page is

file_upload1.jsp
--------------------
<%@ page import="java.util.*,java.io.*,org.apache.commons.fileupload.*" %>

<HTML>
<BODY>
<%

String cat_load="";
String loadtext="";
if(request.getParameter("select_load")!=null)
{
cat_load=(String)((request.getParameter("select_load")).trim());
}


out.print("...........1"+cat_load+"<br>");
out.print(cat_load.equalsIgnoreCase("General"));

if(cat_load.equalsIgnoreCase("general"))
{
out.println("inside if");

try {

out.print("inside try</b><br>");
// Create a new file upload handler

DiskFileUpload upload = new DiskFileUpload();

// Set upload parameters
// set memory size allowed to the uploading (optional)
// upload.setSizeThreshold(2000);
// set a directory to temporarily upload the file if
// the last memory size in insufficient (optional) :
// upload.setRepositoryPath("c:/temp");
// set the max uploaded file size (-1 for no max size)
upload.setSizeMax(-1);

// Parse the request
List items = upload.parseRequest(request);

// Process the uploaded items
Iterator iter = items.iterator();

while (iter.hasNext())
{
FileItem item = (FileItem) iter.next();
if (item.isFormField())
{
// the item is not a file item
String name = item.getFieldName();
String value = item.getString();
out.print("item :<b>"+name+"</b> value:<b>"+value+"</b><hr>");
}
else
{
// the item is a file item
String fieldName = item.getFieldName();
String fileName = item.getName();
String contentType = item.getContentType();
boolean isInMemory = item.isInMemory();
long sizeInBytes = item.getSize();

out.print("item :<b>"+fieldName+"</b><br>");
out.print(" file :<b>"+fileName+"</b><br>");
out.print(" content type :<b>"+contentType+"</b><br>");
out.print(" in memory ? :<b>"+isInMemory+"</b><br>");
out.print(" size:<b>"+sizeInBytes+"</b> bits<br>");
out.print("fileName :<b>"+fileName+"</b><br>");

fileName = fileName.substring(fileName.lastIndexOf("\\")+1);
out.print("fileName :<b>"+fileName+"</b><br>");
String destFile="\\\\server1\\temp\\"+fileName;
out.print(" destFile:<b>"+destFile+"</b><br>");

// copy the file to disk
File uploadedFile = new File(destFile);
item.write(uploadedFile);
out.print(" file uploaded to : <b>"+ destFile +"<br>");
}
}//while end
}//try end
catch (FileUploadBase.SizeLimitExceededException e)
{
out.print("COMMONS error : maximum file size exceeded");
}
catch (FileUploadException e)
{
out.print("COMMONS error :"+ e.toString());
}
catch (Exception e)
{
out.print("error :"+ e.toString());
}
}

%>

</BODY>
</HTML>



jsut check out these and let me know
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Commons Fileupload User Guide
 
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hi

thanks for the info
i've seen the doc, is there any other possibility to catch the values from html in jsp.
can it be done using some scripts

waiting for your reply


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Process a regular form field.
 
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hi


i've done that, you can see that in the code above
the thing is, i need to upload the file depending upon the selection from the dropdown box by the user
how can i do that.

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Originally posted by Santosh Kumar:

i've done that, you can see that in the code above
the thing is, i need to upload the file depending upon the selection from the dropdown box by the user
how can i do that.



Couldn't get you. We need input type file not the dropdown box.
 
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Santosh, got your PM. Although, its better to move the discussion further in the same thread.

Now tell me what do you get by file upload.

1) sending file to the client/user
2) receiving file from the client/user
 
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hi

what i am doing is allowing the user to upload file from local system to the remote server...this works fine if i hardcode the path
but when i want to upload to a particular directory on the server..i need to allow user to select the dir
now i have the prob in passing the dir name in the html to jsp
u can see the code above..both html and jsp for reference

what to do
 
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Now I got you.

By Category you mean directory, right?

You want to place the file under particular directory and the directory/category is selected by the user. And you are getting null as category. Therefore, I have given you the code how to get form fields.

Just change all your HTML pages to JSP.
[ November 11, 2005: Message edited by: Adeel Ansari ]
 
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i've already used what you said in my code
i wanted to send the user selected value and the file name to be uploaded together to the jsp page
once this is done i can upload the file to that particular directory.

does the making of html pages to jsp make any difference
 
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It doesn't matter if it's a JSP or HTML page.

You can send both form fields and uploaded files in the same post.
Just loop through all the 'items' and test to see if they're form fields or not.
Adeel's code shows you how to do this.
 
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Change


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Then let us know that are you getting the value or not?
[ November 11, 2005: Message edited by: Adeel Ansari ]
 
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hi

i am getting the form field values using that code
the thing is when i check for the directory name existing on the system and the dirctory name selected by the user to be same and try to upload the file if both are equal
i am not able to upload the file and also not able to check the directory names

what could be the problem
 
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the thing is when i check for the directory name existing on the system and the dirctory name selected by the user to be same and try to upload the file if both are equal

What "system" are you talking about here?

Code on the server cannot discover anything about directory names on the client. If you want the user to select a name of a directory that is on the server that's fine, it would help to provide a drop-down box or something but there are many ways to do that. But you can't control what directory the user uploads the file from, nor should you.
 
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yes
what you said is right
i want the user to select the directory on the server.for that reason i provide a dropdown box with the directory names.
once the user selects the directory name in the dropbox along with the file to be uploaded and says submit the file has to be uploaded to that particular directory on the server.

how to go with it
waiting for your reply


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hi

try this:

MultipartFormDataRequest mrequest=new MultipartFormDataRequest(request);
String name=mrequest.getParameter("Name");

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hi vivek

can u tell me where is this package MultipartFormDataRequest
can u give me some more info on this please

MultipartFormDataRequest mrequest=new MultipartFormDataRequest(request);
String name=mrequest.getParameter("Name");

waiting for your reply

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