Hello,

How to get File type before save to database in a JSP page.

One confusion I have, while I am trying to upload file from Client machine and saving it to DataBase,

From saving the file to database I am using Prepared Statement here for

[1] for image type file we are using setBinarySream()
[2] for txt or doc file type we are using setAsciiSream()

* please tell is some general stream format is for all type of files, or we have to set Stream according to file.

* if different file is having different stream then please tell me how we can get the type of file befoe uploading so that we will use the right Stream while before save to database.

Please tell me with code.
Do replay
Regards.

Hi
Answer to some of your Quires
Q.How to get File type before save to database in a JSP page.
Ans. When the browser send the content of a file it also send file information and the content type of the file. So to get the content type or the file type one has to parse this information. Following is the code which extracts file name.
ServletInputStream readstream = req.getInputStream();
int i,number=0;
while((i = readstream.readLine(data,0,data.length)) != -1)
{
    String str1 = new String(data);
    str1 = str1.trim();
    if(str1 == null)
        break;
    //This if block extracts the file name
        if(str1.startsWith("Content-Disposition:"))
    {
        int beginpos = (str1.indexOf("filename="));
        int endpos = (str1.length());
                String pathname = str1.substring(beginpos,endpos);
        int namepoint = pathname.lastIndexOf('\\');
        int nameendpoint = pathname.lastIndexOf('\"');
        String namef = pathname.substring((namepoint+1),(nameendpoint));
        setfilename(namef);
        if (createFile())
        writedata = true;
    }

Q. please tell is some general stream format is for all type of files, or we have to set Stream according to file.
Ans. I suggest you can use setBinaryStream()for all the files.

Yashraj Chauhan
Java\J2EE Specialist
Wiley Support Team