Current File uploading file size.

[Cecil]

Info:
OS Linux RH SE 4
OE 10.2A02 Enterprise/WebSpeed/Replication.

We have a public website www.ekkoguardian.com which allows our logged in members to upload files to our secure web server. My issue is that my boss now want to show a progression bar of the file being uploaded. AJAX to the rescue.

Currently we allow a maximum of 10MB file upload so there can be a period of time where it looks like nothing is happening for a few minutes.

Is there anyway a second WebSpeed agent can query sibling agent to find out the current size of the file it's currently being uploaded?

I know how to find out what the size of the file that has been uploaded, but by that time it's too late.

Thanks.

I guess PHP will have to be a workaround.

[redskienz]

I have experienced inserting images to database. What I did is to create chunks of the image with sequence.

e.g: Let's consider 10mb Image,
I will gave the memptr variable size of 2500kb, assign 2500kb part by part of file and save to database.

Sequence_(ImageChunk)_________Size
1________%$#@^^@^^%&(_________2500kb
2________%$&&^@((@((F_________2500kb
3________((@#(#&^@#*!_________2500kb
...
..
. and so on

That way, you'll have an idea about the current size of the file being transfer.

Again, this is just an idea. I haven't tested this on web application and not sure if this will work on other file aside from images which i think may work.

good luck.

[Cecil]

I think I know the answer. It can't be done with WebSpeed.

Unless Progress comes up with a "Start of WEB-NOTIFY response procedure" event. I can see there is no way of knowing what the size of the file(s) is being received from the messenger.

As they say here in New Zealand "BUGGER".

However I could possibly by pass the "Webspeed Agent" all together and handle the CGI-Messenger responses by writing my own Server Socket programme, but that just to much work.