Forum: Mongrel File Upload without the Temp File Copy

Is it possible to upload file directly into database?
Without creation the extra temp file on the disk.

Thanks! :)

Is there a reason why you are avoiding the filesystem for storage?

Michael

Michael D'Auria wrote:
> Is there a reason why you are avoiding the filesystem for storage?
> 
> Michael

Yes, i'm using abstract storage interface, that can be implemented as 
local file system, remote file system, distributed file system, 
database, cache.

In this case the temp file is not needed. I can just switch the input 
stream to it's destination without lost performance on not needed IO 
operations.

On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 8:37 AM, Alexey Petrushin <lists@ruby-forum.com> 
wrote:
> stream to it's destination without lost performance on not needed IO
> operations.

You could look at the Ruby code that produces the temporary files, and
change it.
It is in method CGI::QueryExtension#read_multipart in cgi.rb
(/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/cgi.rb on my machine)

Stephan

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On Nov 18, 2008, at 9:19 AM, Stephan Wehner wrote:

>>
>> In this case the temp file is not needed. I can just switch the input
>> stream to it's destination without lost performance on not needed IO
>> operations.
>
> You could look at the Ruby code that produces the temporary files, and
> change it.
> It is in method CGI::QueryExtension#read_multipart in cgi.rb
> (/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/cgi.rb on my machine)



  Mongrel doesn't actually use CGI.rb, thats only rails. You want to
look in http_request.rb and patch the code that writes to a tmpfile
and have it write to wherever  you want:

http://mongrel.rubyforge.org/browser/trunk/lib/mon...

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Ezra Zygmuntowicz
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