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AsyncFileUpload *VERY* broken in the AjaxControlToolkit

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Here's an alternate solution if that one doesn't work out. This solution has been around for a year or two, and it is his second version. It includes a progress bar that doesn't require a flash dependency, and can handle very large files without problems.

ASP.Net File Upload Module v2
http://darrenjohnstone.net/aspnet-file-uploaddownload-module-v2-documentation/

Robert Harvey 2009-10-14 15:24:20

I don't think this is quite what I'm after - it seems to involve a lot of setup, and there's no access to the FileSystem or SQL Server so I'd have to write something to process the upload. I was hoping for something more similar to the standard control - which is why we were looking at the Ajax Toolkit one that's just been produced, but it's broooked

Paul 2009-10-14 15:37:38

Setup is required because an Http handler is installed; this is what makes it possible to handle large file sizes without running out of memory on the IIS server. Not sure what you mean by access to the file system. There is a module included that allows direct upload to SQL Server.

Robert Harvey 2009-10-14 15:44:33

Sorry, that's what I mean (I've just accidentally upvoted your comment, hehe - mad moment, I thought it was a house!), I can't use the module for directly uploading to SQL Server - or the module for uploading directly to file system.

Paul 2009-10-14 15:51:23

How can you upload the file if you don't have access to the file system? Where is it going to go?

Robert Harvey 2009-10-14 15:53:42

Cos it gets uploaded, there's a load of processing that happens on it, and then it's stored in an object which eventually gets stored in the database. It never gets stored on disk (well - other than it being in a temporary file I imagine)

Paul 2009-10-14 17:06:02

Having just spent hours seeing if this one would work, I have just discovered that it's not actually an ajax control, it relies on a full postback! Gah, it can't be compared to SWFUpload if it doesn't do the uploads asynchronously

Paul 2009-10-15 15:17:58

Sorry about that. I got to thinking about it, did a little Googling, and found this: http://www.codeproject.com/KB/XML/MTOMWebServices.aspx. Hope it helps. Ultimately I think some solution in WCF is probably the way to go.

Robert Harvey 2009-10-15 18:51:59

I used a similar approach to this one - but had to roll my own to make it work

Paul 2009-10-24 13:32:20

Answer 2

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Can you use a Session variable to manage myDbId?

Robert Harvey 2009-10-14 16:04:18

Sadly no, that would involve a fairly big refactor to what's there at the moment

Paul 2009-10-14 17:05:02

Answer 3

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You could encode the id in the filename, so just append "--" + myDbId to the filename. The fact that it comes after the extension could make it easier to know that this was added.

James Black 2010-01-22 02:51:41

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