in reply to CGI::Application file uploads buffering

I shudder to contemplate the transfer of a 4GB file, in one chunk, using the HTTP protocol ...   The number of bytes transferred will be quite a bit larger than that, due to encoding.

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Re^2: CGI::Application file uploads buffering
by Anonymous Monk on Mar 25, 2011 at 09:07 UTC
    Why? This happens all the time, people download DVD images over HTTP.
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      Why? This happens all the time, people download DVD images over HTTP.

      We're talking about uploading, and since Content-Transfer-Encoding could be Base64, the number of bytes could be double.

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        Content-Transfer-Encoding could be Base64, the number of bytes could be double.

        <beancounting>Base64 adds only 33% overhead</beancounting>

        But yes, uploading gigabytes via HTTP is probably not the best idea.

        Alexander

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