HTTP Upload question ...

[Larry Wright]

Hi,

I have tried using Oreilly's sample on how to upload a file to a server
using a servlet.

I am getting this error stating that the posted content is not
multipart/form-data:

a) What are the other types of data I could be sending for a simple
file upload?
b) Why am I getting the error?
c) Are there any more explicit examples that will do the trick for me?

Here is the trace info I am getting to my browser:

java.io.IOException: Posted content type isn't multipart/form-data
at
com.oreilly.servlet.MultipartRequest.readRequest(MultipartRequest.java:339)

at
com.oreilly.servlet.MultipartRequest.(MultipartRequest.java:150)
at tecj001.UploadTest.doPost(UploadTest.java:25)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:520)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:576)
at
com.sun.server.ServletState.callService(ServletState.java:303)
at
com.sun.server.ServletManager.callServletService(ServletManager.java:1361)

at
com.ibm.servlet.service.SEServletManager.callServletService(SEServletManager.java:116)

at
com.sun.server.http.InvokerServlet.service(InvokerServlet.java:103)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:576)
at
com.sun.server.ServletState.callService(ServletState.java:303)
at
com.sun.server.ServletManager.callServletService(ServletManager.java:1361)

at
com.ibm.servlet.service.SEServletManager.callServletService(SEServletManager.java:116)

at
com.sun.server.ProcessingState.invokeTargetServlet(ProcessingState.java:415)

at
com.sun.server.http.HttpProcessingState.execute(HttpProcessingState.java:90)

at com.sun.server.http.stages.Runner.process(Runner.java:71)
at com.sun.server.ProcessingSupport.process(Compiled Code)
at com.sun.server.Service.process(Service.java:229)
at
com.ibm.servlet.service.SELauncher.processMultiThreaded(SEServlet.java:468)

at com.ibm.servlet.service.SEServlet.service(Compiled Code)
at
com.ibm.servlet.ServletSystemImp.invoke(ServletSystemImp.java:471)
at
com.ibm.servlet.ServletSystem.icsInvoke(ServletSystem.java:376)

If anyone can help, I'll be truly grateful! Thanks,

Larry

[Chemi]

Larry, check the HTML form you are using, did you set the type?

Regards,

Chemi.

[Larry Wright]

Chemi wrote:

> Larry, check the HTML form you are using, did you set the type?

I think that it is being set, but I am not an HTML expert ... Here's the code being used for
HTML.
Does it look proper?

<FORM ACTION="/servlet/UploadTest" ENCTYPE="multipart/form-data" METHOD=POST>
What is your name? <INPUT TYPE=TEXT NAME=submitter> <BR>
Which file do you want to upload? <INPUT TYPE=FILE NAME=file> <BR>
<INPUT TYPE=SUBMIT>
</FORM>

Thanks,

Larry