Blob

Hi,

I hv a Blob field in my database and another field storing the respective Content-Type..

the Blob type keeps varying.. can be a Doc, image,xls,pdf etc...

I need to allow users to save/download the content into their local drives...


I am able to show it in the browser but do not want this...the users hv to save it into their local drives...

any ideas as to how I can achieve this??

TIA,

sands

You are bound by the MIME settings of the user's browser.
A workaround could be to "zip" files.
Hope this helps!

Hi,

I am able to output the blob content to the browser but not able to show a SAVE Dialog box to allow users to save the file...

the relevant code is like this:

<%
doc = rsd.getBlob("doc"); // the field with the BLOBs...

contype = rsd.getString("content_type");
response.setContentType(contype);
long index = 1;

while(index < doc.length()){
response.getOutputStream().write(doc.getBytes(index,100));
index+=100;

}%>


there is no field with names of blobs in it... how can i set the header for this??

thnx,
sands

Try adding to header
response.addHeader("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=yourfilename.here");