[ic] Large file uploads failing

[Gert van der Spoel]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: interchange-users-bounces at icdevgroup.org [mailto:interchange-
> users-bounces at icdevgroup.org] On Behalf Of Paul Jordan
> Sent: dinsdag 12 augustus 2008 23:48
> To: interchange-users at icdevgroup.org
> Subject: Re: [ic] Large file uploads failing
> 
> >
> > Uploading files beyond a certain size causes IC to fail to process
> the
> > request.
> >
> > I've raised the Apache TimeOut directive value, eliminating the 500
> > error to the browser but the file upload still fails. Failures begin
> at
> > around 20Mb.
> >
> > I've uploaded files on the order of 1Gb using a simple Perl and
> CGI.pm
> > script with no problems whatsoever. Are there any IC configuration
> > variables or IC tuning that could be done to enable it to better
> handle
> > large file uploads?
> >
> > I can use my existing Perl script to get around the problem but that
> > seems a rather odd way of doing things.
> >
> > All insight gratefully received.
> 
> Jim, are these going into a Mysql table? I seem to rememeber having
> trouble
> uploading over 20MB into a mysql table as Mysql itself has some sort of
> insert file size limit. Changing that fixed everything.
> 
> It was Kevin that figured it out after my testing revealed very
> distinct
> failing around a certain file size, which I think was 20MB.
> 
> It was so long ago, I no longer rememeber many details though. But if
> you
> are inserting this upload into Mysql - that is definitely what it is.

Hence my question about which type of DB the upload is going to.
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/packet-too-large.html

CU,

Gert