Details
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Improvement
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Status: Closed
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Minor
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Resolution: Fixed
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1.0 Final
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None
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None
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Operating System: All
Platform: All
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32782
Description
As per an email discussion with Martin Cooper, I would like to suggest that
when a FileUpload request fails because the file size exceeded the maximum
size, that the maximum size be stated in the error message. This would help
the user since he would now know the maximum size; otherwise, he won't know
how small a file will fit within the maximum size, just that he had exceeded
an unspecified limit.
It might be even more helpful if the message stated the name and size of the
user's file that had violated the maximum size. For instance: "The file you
just tried to upload, foo.jpg, was 2,000,000 bytes in size which exceeds the
maximum size supported by this server, 500,000 bytes." This would help the
user determine which file was the offender and how much smaller it needed to
be to satisfy the server's limits.
Of course, if the user was trying to upload several files, it is the aggregate
size of all of the files that violates the maximum size. In that case, perhaps
all the names and sizes of the files involved should be specified, as should
the maximum size allowed by that server. This starts to be an unwieldy message
but it would be very useful nonetheless, at least in my view, and would enable
even a very non-technical user to get out of trouble by themselves without
involving the server's technical staff.