Re: Large file uploads using Java
heather.fraser@gmail.com wrote:
I am well aware of several file upload servlets & libraries (including
the one from Apache/Jakarta).
However, how does one go about creating a web-based file upload
similar to Whalemail (www.whalemail.com) or many of the AJAX web2.0
sites I see where they show the status of the upload (in KB and %age)
as the upload progresses ?
Also I now find myself with the need to upload files as large as 500
MB over a Local Area Network - is the servlet going to be able to
handle this or will it try to cache the uploaded data in memory and
therefore run into memory limits on the server ?
500 MB in memory should be OK on todays HW.
But let us assume DVD sise instead of CD size.
I don't think Jakarta Common FileUpload can stream directly from
request to final destination.
But I think Com Oreilly Servlet can.
I have some code somewhere that can show uploaded bytes
being incremented in a separate window (a refreshing window - this
was made before AJAX became popular).
Arne
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