Problem with CFFTP on shared server

[since1968]

I'm having a problem getting CFFTP to work on a shared server. The code works on my localhost, but when I post it to the host Intermedia I get an error. I want to grab a file on a remote server using ftp. Code and error message follow my sig.

Thanks,

Marc Garrett

Code:

<cfftp
action=&quot;GETFILE&quot;
username=&quot;myUsername&quot;
password=&quot;myPassword&quot;
server=&quot;216.111.12.157&quot;
directory=&quot;Database/&quot;
remotefile=&quot;Cities.txt&quot;
localfile=&quot;D:\FTP\Forrest6\Htdocs\Cities.txt&quot;
transfermode=&quot;ASCII&quot;>

Error message:

Attribute set validation error in tag CFFTP

The tag has an invalid attribute combination: the value of the tag switch attribute 'ACTION' which is now 'GETFILE' requires a different combination of attributes. For the same switch attribute value the following unknown attributes have been provided: (DIRECTORY).

The error occurred while processing an element with a general identifier of (CFFTP), occupying document position (16:1) to (16:201).

 

[GunJack]

Hey since1968,

I think your problem is with the &quot;directory&quot; attribute. This isn't used when the action is set to &quot;getFile&quot;. Try combining the &quot;directory&quot; and &quot;remoteFile&quot; attributes into a single parameter like this:

remotefile=&quot;Database/Cities.txt&quot;

I think this will work for you but let me know if you still have trouble.

Good luck,
GJ

 

[since1968]

That did it. I don't know why using the DIRECTORY attribute didn't throw an error on my system while it caused problems on the remote host. Either way though, when I discarded the DIRECTORY attribute and specified the REMOTEFILE with the folder path, it worked.

Thank you very much.