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Cffile example please?

My question is two part so I can get a better understanding of using cffile and how to impliment into my project. I'm trying to create a transaction center for a real estate application where the user can upload files to share with others (mortgage people, title / closing companies other agents etc.). I'm having a problem understanding how this will work using cffile (upload).
Question one: If the folder does not exsist on the server is there a way to create one via a form and coldfusion?
Question two: Do you have an example of how to use cffile to upload multiple documents at one time and store the name into the database?

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Question one: If the folder does not exsist on the server is there a way to create one via a form and coldfusion?

Yes. You can use the cfdirectory tag to create folders on your server.
Question two: Do you have an example of how to use cffile to upload multiple documents at one time and store the name into the database?

See my example above. It creates a form with 5 file fields with the names uploadFile1, uploadFile2, ...., uploadFile5. (But you can create as few or as many as you want). When the form is submitted, it uses a a loop to process each of the files:

- First it uses cffile to upload each file
- Uses cfquery to insert the file _name_ (ie someFile.jpg) into a database table. Just replace the datasource, table and column names with your own.

azadisaryev

adobe cf livedocs has all the examples you may need:
<cffile>: http://livedocs.adobe.com/coldfusion/8/Tags_f_02.html
<cffile action="upload">: http://livedocs.adobe.com/coldfusion/8/Tags_f_10.html

PS: you can download CFML Reference Manual and CF Dev Guide free PDFs from adobe.com if you do not have them: http://www.adobe.com/support/documentation/en/coldfusion/

as for your questions:

>> is there a way to create [a folder] via a form and coldfusion?

yes, there is. check out <cfdirectory action="create"> tag:

<cfdirectory>: http://livedocs.adobe.com/coldfusion/8/Tags_d-e_03.html
using <cfdirectory>: http://livedocs.adobe.com/coldfusion/8/manageFiles_7.html

>> example of how to use cffile to upload multiple documents at one time and store the name into the database?

read these:
http://www.bennadel.com/blog/1117-Ask-Ben-Uploading-Multiple-Files-Using-ColdFusion.htm
http://www.devarticles.com/c/a/ColdFusion/Multiple-File-Upload-with-CFFILE/
https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/23730630/coldfusion-multiple-file-upload.html

Azadi

_agx_

Yes, definitely get yourself a copy of livedocs or bookmark it in your browser. Most likely you will use it on a daily basis.

azadisaryev

SOT:

http://www.cfquickdocs.com/cf8/

same content (sans comments) as livedocs, and about 1000 times faster...
plus a FF search plug-in!
great for quick look-ups of tag/function syntax (though i personally tend to just have the CFML reference PDF open...)

Azadi

_agx_

> plus a FF search plug-in!

Sweet! I did not know they had a plugin.

jasch2244

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_agx_: I'm able to get your code to work (thank you exactly what I'm looking for). But I can't get the file name to be stored in the database with a file extension (example: myfile.pdf is stored as myfile) is there a work around for this? I'm using mySQL

jasch2244

ASKER

I think I found it.. in the portion of the code: <cfqueryparam value="#cffile.serverFileName#" cfsqltype="cf_sql_varchar"> I changed the .serverFileName to .serverFile and it worked! Is there a disadvantage to doing this?

_agx_

> Is there a disadvantage to doing this?

jasch2244, sorry that was a typo. No there is no disadvantage. It is strictly a matter of using whichever field you need for your purposes. In your case, yes, you want the one with the file extension.