Paul Bourke <pau### [at] uwaeduau> wrote:
> > Perhaps it could be a good idea if the entry file could be submitted
> > as an attachment (or whatever it is called in webforms), like it is
> > possible in many webforms out there. This way we can be sure that you
> > are getting the file exactly as it was written and that nothing modifies
> > it along the way (by eg. adding a newline at the end of the file or
> > whatever).

> I'll ensure this doesn't happen.
> I already (last time) replaced any combinations of CR lf with a single
> space.
> I will also check end of lines.

  Given that the submission engine checks the length of the submission,
any extra characters added by the form sending procedure will confuse
it, especially if the submission is exactly 256 bytes long.
  Guess what just happened to me?-)

  I still think it would be a good idea if you could attach the file
to the webform, as you can in some sites. (I haven't studied how it
is done, but I bet it's not very hard.)

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                                                          - Warp

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