Re: [Webware-discuss] Corrupted File Uploads and mod_webkit2

[Seth R. <sre...@sa...>]

On Sun, 2005-07-24 at 09:45 -0700, Chuck Esterbrook wrote:
> Can you give exact versions of your op sys, Python, Webware, Apache and browser?

It is actually happening to all three developers we have working on this
particular project. I'm not sure of the specifics of the other systems
but I am running:

OS: Debian Stable Linux 2.6.8
Python: 2.3.5
Webware: 0.8.1
Apache: 2.0.54
Browser: Firefox 1.0.4

> Does your <form> tag have: method=POST enctype="multipart/form-data" ?

Yes... <form method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">

> Does it happen for every PDF you try or just some? Are other file
> types like JPG corrupted?

It only happens for PDF's that have graphics in them. And I do also
notice corruption on jpg's as well.

-Seth

> -Chuck
> 
> 
> On 7/24/05, Seth Remington <sre...@sa...> wrote:
> > Hello All,
> > 
> >         I'm having a problem with an application I'm developing and have
> > tracked the root cause down to the Adapter that I am using. The
> > application allows the user to upload a file (I have been testing mostly
> > with PDF's) and the issue is that the file is getting corrupted. The
> > uploaded file has the same number of bytes as the original but when they
> > are diff'ed certain blocks of the PDF (I'm guessing they are the binary
> > graphical portions) are different and it doesn't display correctly in
> > the PDF viewer (i.e. random pages missing or won't open at all).
> > 
> >         After trying numerous possible (and failed) solutions I wanted to see
> > what would happen if I tried just a basic Python CGI outside of the
> > WebKit framework.... it worked just fine. Then I thought I would try the
> > wkcgi adapter instead of the mod_apache2 adapter I had been using. Once
> > I did that the file uploads came through just fine.
> > 
> >         Has anybody seen something like this before? Besides switching to a
> > different adapter, are there any other options I should explore?
> > 
> > -Seth
> > 
> > --
> > Seth Remington
> > SaberLogic, LLC
> > 661-B Weber Drive
> > Wadsworth, Ohio 44281
> > Phone: (330)335-6442
> > Fax: (330)336-8559
> > 
> > 
> >