File upload problem with enctype

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Hi All,

I'm having a problem with a simple file upload page. I've narrowed it down to the enctype attribute of the form tag. Here's my form:

<form action="/app1/gpxdata/upload_gpxfile" method="POST" enctype="multipart/form-data" >    <input type="file" size="50" id="gpxfile" />    <input id="gpxupload" type="submit" value="Load GPX from file" /> </form>

When I submit this form, I get a 404-File not found error. I can access upload_gpxfile directly, via typing the url directly into my browser, so the path in the action tag is correct, but it seems that when I submit the form, the web server can't find it.

The interesting thing is that when I remove the enctype attribute in the form tag, the form submits just fine, although I can't access the file I'm trying to upload, but that's to be expected, given the missing enctype attribute.

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance.

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Never mind, I figured it out. The file input field didn't have a "name" attribute, just an idea, so that was causing the error. It seems like a strange way for the app to behave.