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[Morten Olav Hansen <morten@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Anna

It all depends on your server setup, maybe they have changed the defaults?
somewhere in your configuration there should be a mention of a post size
limit..


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Morten Olav Hansen
Senior Engineer, DHIS 2
University of Oslo
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On Fri, May 11, 2018 at 4:03 PM, Anna Downie <adownie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Thanks so much for your quick reply Morten,
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> It’s good to know that it’s possible to upload all file types.
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>
> In terms of file size, if I’ve understood the material correctly in that
> link, it looks like it says that the maxPostSize is 2MB. However we do seem
> able to upload larger sized files through Event Capture. Have I read that
> incorrectly? (I’m an M&E person not a developer I’m afraid so just checking
> I’ve understood the language correctly!)
>
>
>
> Anna
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> Anna Downie
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> *From:* Morten Olav Hansen [mailto:morten@xxxxxxxxx]
> *Sent:* 11 May 2018 02:50
> *To:* Anna Downie <adownie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> *Cc:* dhis2-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* Re: [Dhis2-users] Data element value type: File. What files
> are allowed?
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>
>
> Hi Anna
>
>
>
> Upload limit (form size) is usually set on your tomcat [1] (see
> maxPostSize attribute) or in your reverse proxy (usually nginx or apache),
> it is not something that can be configured from inside of DHIS2.
>
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> We don't block any file types, so the user can upload anything it wants.
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> [1] https://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-8.0-doc/config/http.html
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>
> --
>
> Morten Olav Hansen
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> Senior Engineer, DHIS 2
>
> University of Oslo
>
> http://www.dhis2.org
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> On Thu, May 10, 2018 at 10:20 PM, Anna Downie <adownie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> Hi there,
>
>
>
> I’m new to this list and relatively new to DHIS2 so I hope it’s ok to post
> this question here. In event capture (vs2.28) we are using a data element
> that allows users to upload a file. This is the Value Type = file.
>
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>
> We frequently get asked two questions from our users in training:
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> ·         What file types can be uploaded?
>
> ·         What’s the maximum size of an attachment?
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>
>
> If anyone can point me in the direction of information on this it would be
> much appreciated.
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>
>
> Thanks!
>
> Anna
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