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want to upload images to access db from ColdFusion

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I'm building a property management site in ColdFusion. I'm building an admin area where the agent can upload a thumbnail of property to be displayed next to other features of the property. Idealy I'd like to have many listings on one page. I've seen it on the web so many times. I just can't figure out how to do it. Please help! Anyone!
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Re: want to upload images to access db from ColdFusion

hi

for this when the user uploading the pictures, upload them into a directory and give a unique name for that image. store this image name in the db.

when your showing the lsting for the user, in the src attritubute of the img tag give that image path, so that whatever the image which the user uploaded that will be displayed. in the database just store the path of that image. that's it.

for eg.

<img src="#query.imagepath#"> this image path will get from a query.

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That's all well and good, but that's not the end of the story.

You can't have a user connect to FTP, find folders then upload and delete after use, it's a waste of time (yours training them and the clients).

You'll need to create a script that'll upload the image, rename it to a unique autonumber then call on it when needed.

Don't forget you'll need the system to delete the image, as well as the record, when a user chooses to delete a property.

The only script I have that does all this is ASP, I'm trying to find the CF version myself and came across this thread, and wanted to ensure you got the right direction

Luv and fluff,

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Uploading a file is the easy part. Renaming it is might not be possiable. I have been trying for a very long time and nobody seems to be able to help.
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Re: want to upload images to access db from ColdFusion

Thank you for the reply. I've got the site up and running. However, for my client to add the property she has to fill out a form with the property details, I labeled the send button "next" and what it actually does is submit the data from the form into the database then redirects to the "upload image" page. I have a browse button for her to grab an image off her machine then it uploads the image into a folder and save the image name in a seperate table in the DB. I can't seem to figure out how to add the image and the propety details at the same time so that the unique IDs match. As a result the tables aren't matching and I have to go in and manually line everything up again. It sucks. I know there is an easier way in CF. I just haven't found it yet.

Any guidance would be awesome.

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If the details table has a primary key, include it as the foreign key in your images table for every image record for that particular house. The form will update the images table with this value and you'll never be out of synch.
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