Trouble uploading file with specific filename

you are NOT uploading any files to use <cffile action="upload">!

you need action="write" instead.

Azadi Saryev
Sabai-dee.com
http://www.sabai-dee.com/

Sorry, I forgot to answer your question completely.
"not working" means that the file is not being uploaded to the database.

Here's what I've got set up. A two step process.
First page collects information that writes to a database, which includes a filename.

Second page. Has an area that the user can type in a news release and also a drop down that they select a filename (which they entered into the database on the previous page).

I want the app to upload the news release in cfm format to the web server, using the filename that I selected from the drop down box. I took snapshots of what the interface looks like, but don't see a place to attach them. I thought it would help you understand what I'm trying to do.

tgoold wrote:
> It's not working

Help us out here ;-) What does "not working" mean? What it is actually happening versus what you expect to happen. If you are receiving an error, post the error message.

So are you saying that I can't take the text that I've written in the form and turn it into a cfml file?

I think the "filefield" parameter is valid only for actual file fields (input type=file). For this you should use the actual filename (<cffile file="#filename#"...>.

(On second thought the file= parameter doesn't work when action=upload - I believe you actually have to have a file field to allow the user to browse for the file. Otherwise the server can't access the file on the client. Looking at this closer, what you need is both the file selection field (for the destination name) and an input of type=file (to select the file on the client). The file on the client doesn't have to be named the same as the selected destination.)

Ken