I am encountering an error HTTP 404 - File not found. It seems that
when I upload a file with a symbol # in the filename, this error
occurs (e.g. case#2.pdf). I cannot access the file I uploaded. But
when I upload the same file with a different filename or just without
the symbol # (e.g. case2.pdf) , it works I can access the file. Why is
this the case?
kianskee@gmail.com wrote:
> I am encountering an error HTTP 404 - File not found. It seems that
> when I upload a file with a symbol # in the filename, this error
> occurs (e.g. case#2.pdf). I cannot access the file I uploaded. But
> when I upload the same file with a different filename or just without
> the symbol # (e.g. case2.pdf) , it works I can access the file. Why is
> this the case?
I've never run into this. Could you show the code that is failing to access
the file?
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>I am encountering an error HTTP 404 - File not found. It seems that
> when I upload a file with a symbol # in the filename, this error
> occurs (e.g. case#2.pdf). I cannot access the file I uploaded. But
> when I upload the same file with a different filename or just without
> the symbol # (e.g. case2.pdf) , it works I can access the file. Why is
> this the case?
Because the hashmark has special meaning in a URL, you'd need to escape it
in the URL, otherwise the portion after the hashmark is considered to be an
HTML bookmark.
-Mark
wrote on 07 feb 2007 in microsoft.public.inetserver.asp.general:
> I am encountering an error HTTP 404 - File not found. It seems that
> when I upload a file with a symbol # in the filename, this error
> occurs (e.g. case#2.pdf). I cannot access the file I uploaded. But
> when I upload the same file with a different filename or just without
> the symbol # (e.g. case2.pdf) , it works I can access the file. Why is
> this the case?
>
Try uploading with form post in stead of [form] querystring!
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kianskee@gmail.com wrote:
>I am encountering an error HTTP 404 - File not found. It seems that
>when I upload a file with a symbol # in the filename, this error
>occurs (e.g. case#2.pdf). I cannot access the file I uploaded. But
>when I upload the same file with a different filename or just without
>the symbol # (e.g. case2.pdf) , it works I can access the file. Why is
>this the case?
This is your web site? What server-side process are you using to
receive the file? The "#" sign character is an unusual one to find in
a file name (and has a special meaning in a URL), and it may be that
whatever is handling the file on the server side just can't handle
that character.
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