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Hi All,

I want to upload a simple file from a html to a webserver running on apache tomcat.
I used html tag <input type="file" name="upload_file" /> to select and post my request to servlet.

In the servlet used the ServletInputStream of the request to write the bytes to any particular file. The file is getting created in the server but it's content seems to be missing.

Can anyone tell me what is wrong with my approach ?? Any help is truely appreciable.

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Handling HTTP file uploads is way more complicated that you think it is. A library like Apache Commons FileUpload makes it real easy, though.
 
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Ulf Dittmer wrote:Handling HTTP file uploads is way more complicated that you think it is. A library like Apache Commons FileUpload makes it real easy, though.



Thanks for the reply....

Actually I was expecting the reason behind it. I have a stream of data , then why can't I direct it into any destination???
 
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Because the stream of data contains other data in addition to the actual file contents. Under the "specification URLs" link in my signature you can find the HTTP file upload spec - it's not trivial!
 
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Ulf Dittmer wrote:Because the stream of data contains other data in addition to the actual file contents. Under the "specification URLs" link in my signature you can find the HTTP file upload spec - it's not trivial!



Thanks a lot . It seems to clear the air .

 
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