Hi Dominik,
When you're using multipart, use getPart() to get your parameter value. You
must then turn it to string.
Part myStringPart = request.getPart("myFormFieldName");
Scanner scanner = new Scanner(myStringPart.getInputStream());
String myString = scanner.nextLine();
Cheers,
Steve
On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 10:39 AM, Dominik Dorn <dominik.dorn_at_gmail.com>wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm having issues with a form with enctype='multipart/form-data' and a
> servlet
>
> The form has 9 normal text input fields and one upload (input
> type='file') field.
> Without the enctype='multipart/form-data' I can access the normal form
> fields
> with request.getParameter(); however, when adding the enctype,
> request.getParameter
> always returns null.
>
> When I try to access the text-fields through getPart they are declared as
> FILES!
>
>
> [#|2010-08-04T16:29:12.059+0200|INFO|glassfishv3.0|javax.enterprise.system.std.com.sun.enterprise.v3.services.impl|_ThreadID=24;_ThreadName=http-thread-pool-8080-(1);|req.getPart("language")
> = File name=null,
>
> StoreLocation=/home/domdorn/skriptum/upload/upload__5741d6e7_12a3d610371__7ff8_00000034.tmp,
> size=2bytes, isFormField=true, FieldName=language|#]
>
> language is actually just "en".
>
> How should I access this? It's not appropriate to create an
> inputstream/reader just for getting out 2 characters....
>
> Shouldn't the servlet implementation look if the content-type of the
> part is actually really a file and not text/plain ?
>
> I would expect the normal textfields available through
> request.getParameter(...) and only the file accessible through
> request.getPart(...);
>
>
> Thanks,
> Dominik
>
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