Index: django/http/__init__.py
===================================================================
--- django/http/__init__.py	(revision 5722)
+++ django/http/__init__.py	(working copy)
@@ -4,7 +4,11 @@
 from urllib import urlencode
 from django.utils.datastructures import MultiValueDict
 from django.utils.encoding import smart_str, iri_to_uri, force_unicode
+from django.http.multipartparser import MultiPartParser, MultiPartParserError 
+import re
 
+upload_id_re = re.compile(r'^[a-fA-F0-9]{32}$') # file progress id Regular expression 
+
 RESERVED_CHARS="!*'();:@&=+$,/?%#[]"
 
 try:
@@ -64,37 +68,55 @@
 
     encoding = property(_get_encoding, _set_encoding)
 
-def parse_file_upload(header_dict, post_data):
-    "Returns a tuple of (POST QueryDict, FILES MultiValueDict)"
-    import email, email.Message
-    from cgi import parse_header
-    raw_message = '\r\n'.join(['%s:%s' % pair for pair in header_dict.items()])
-    raw_message += '\r\n\r\n' + post_data
-    msg = email.message_from_string(raw_message)
-    POST = QueryDict('', mutable=True)
-    FILES = MultiValueDict()
-    for submessage in msg.get_payload():
-        if submessage and isinstance(submessage, email.Message.Message):
-            name_dict = parse_header(submessage['Content-Disposition'])[1]
-            # name_dict is something like {'name': 'file', 'filename': 'test.txt'} for file uploads
-            # or {'name': 'blah'} for POST fields
-            # We assume all uploaded files have a 'filename' set.
-            if 'filename' in name_dict:
-                assert type([]) != type(submessage.get_payload()), "Nested MIME messages are not supported"
-                if not name_dict['filename'].strip():
-                    continue
-                # IE submits the full path, so trim everything but the basename.
-                # (We can't use os.path.basename because it expects Linux paths.)
-                filename = name_dict['filename'][name_dict['filename'].rfind("\\")+1:]
-                FILES.appendlist(name_dict['name'], {
-                    'filename': filename,
-                    'content-type': 'Content-Type' in submessage and submessage['Content-Type'] or None,
-                    'content': submessage.get_payload(),
-                })
-            else:
-                POST.appendlist(name_dict['name'], submessage.get_payload())
-    return POST, FILES
+    def _get_file_progress(self):
+        return {}
 
+    def _set_file_progress(self,value):
+        pass
+
+    def _del_file_progress(self):
+        pass
+
+    file_progress = property(_get_file_progress,
+                             _set_file_progress,
+			     _del_file_progress)
+
+    def _get_file_progress_from_args(self, headers, get, querystring): 
+        """
+	This parses the request for a file progress_id value. 
+	Note that there are two distinct ways of getting the progress 
+	ID -- header and GET. One is used primarily to attach via JavaScript 
+	to the end of an HTML form action while the other is used for AJAX 
+	communication. 
+	
+	All progress IDs must be valid 32-digit hexadecimal numbers. 
+	""" 
+	if 'X-Upload-ID' in headers: 
+	    progress_id = headers['X-Upload-ID'] 
+	elif 'progress_id' in get: 
+	    progress_id = get['progress_id'] 
+	else: 
+	    return None 
+	
+	if not upload_id_re.match(progress_id): 
+	    return None 
+
+	return progress_id 
+
+def parse_file_upload(headers, input, request): 
+    from django.conf import settings 
+
+    # Only stream files to disk if FILE_STREAMING_DIR is set 
+    file_upload_dir = settings.FILE_UPLOAD_DIR 
+    streaming_min_post_size = settings.STREAMING_MIN_POST_SIZE 
+    
+    try: 
+        parser = MultiPartParser(headers, input, request, file_upload_dir, streaming_min_post_size) 
+	return parser.parse() 
+    except MultiPartParserError, e:
+        return MultiValueDict({ '_file_upload_error': [e.message] }), {}
+
+
 class QueryDict(MultiValueDict):
     """
     A specialized MultiValueDict that takes a query string when initialized.
Index: django/oldforms/__init__.py
===================================================================
--- django/oldforms/__init__.py	(revision 5722)
+++ django/oldforms/__init__.py	(working copy)
@@ -676,16 +676,21 @@
         self.validator_list = [self.isNonEmptyFile] + validator_list
 
     def isNonEmptyFile(self, field_data, all_data):
-        try:
-            content = field_data['content']
-        except TypeError:
+        if field_data.has_key('_file_upload_error'):
+	    raise validators.CriticalValidationError, field_data['_file_upload_error']
+	if not field_data.has_key('filename'):
             raise validators.CriticalValidationError, ugettext("No file was submitted. Check the encoding type on the form.")
-        if not content:
+        if not field_data['content-length']:
             raise validators.CriticalValidationError, ugettext("The submitted file is empty.")
 
     def render(self, data):
         return u'<input type="file" id="%s" class="v%s" name="%s" />' % \
             (self.get_id(), self.__class__.__name__, self.field_name)
+    
+    def prepare(self, new_data): 
+        if new_data.has_key('_file_upload_error'): 
+	    # pretend we got something in the field to raise a validation error later 
+	    new_data[self.field_name] = { '_file_upload_error': new_data['_file_upload_error'] } 
 
     def html2python(data):
         if data is None:
Index: django/db/models/base.py
===================================================================
--- django/db/models/base.py	(revision 5722)
+++ django/db/models/base.py	(working copy)
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 from django.utils.datastructures import SortedDict
 from django.utils.functional import curry
 from django.utils.encoding import smart_str, force_unicode
+from django.utils.file import file_move_safe
 from django.conf import settings
 from itertools import izip
 import types
@@ -365,12 +366,16 @@
     def _get_FIELD_size(self, field):
         return os.path.getsize(self._get_FIELD_filename(field))
 
-    def _save_FIELD_file(self, field, filename, raw_contents, save=True):
+    def _save_FIELD_file(self, field, filename, raw_field, save=True):
         directory = field.get_directory_name()
         try: # Create the date-based directory if it doesn't exist.
             os.makedirs(os.path.join(settings.MEDIA_ROOT, directory))
         except OSError: # Directory probably already exists.
             pass
+
+        if filename is None:
+            filename = raw_field['filename']
+
         filename = field.get_filename(filename)
 
         # If the filename already exists, keep adding an underscore to the name of
@@ -387,9 +392,16 @@
         setattr(self, field.attname, filename)
 
         full_filename = self._get_FIELD_filename(field)
-        fp = open(full_filename, 'wb')
-        fp.write(raw_contents)
-        fp.close()
+        if raw_field.has_key('tmpfilename'):
+            raw_field['tmpfile'].close()
+            file_move_safe(raw_field['tmpfilename'], full_filename)
+        else:
+            from django.utils import file_locks
+            fp = open(full_filename, 'wb')
+            # exclusive lock
+            file_locks.lock(fp, file_locks.LOCK_EX)
+            fp.write(raw_field['content'])
+            fp.close()
 
         # Save the width and/or height, if applicable.
         if isinstance(field, ImageField) and (field.width_field or field.height_field):
Index: django/db/models/fields/__init__.py
===================================================================
--- django/db/models/fields/__init__.py	(revision 5722)
+++ django/db/models/fields/__init__.py	(working copy)
@@ -707,7 +707,8 @@
         setattr(cls, 'get_%s_filename' % self.name, curry(cls._get_FIELD_filename, field=self))
         setattr(cls, 'get_%s_url' % self.name, curry(cls._get_FIELD_url, field=self))
         setattr(cls, 'get_%s_size' % self.name, curry(cls._get_FIELD_size, field=self))
-        setattr(cls, 'save_%s_file' % self.name, lambda instance, filename, raw_contents, save=True: instance._save_FIELD_file(self, filename, raw_contents, save))
+        setattr(cls, 'save_%s_file' % self.name, lambda instance, filename, raw_field, save=True: instance._save_FIELD_file(self, filename, raw_field, save))
+        setattr(cls, 'move_%s_file' % self.name, lambda instance, raw_field, save=True: instance._save_FIELD_file(self, None, raw_field, save))        
         dispatcher.connect(self.delete_file, signal=signals.post_delete, sender=cls)
 
     def delete_file(self, instance):
@@ -730,9 +731,9 @@
         if new_data.get(upload_field_name, False):
             func = getattr(new_object, 'save_%s_file' % self.name)
             if rel:
-                func(new_data[upload_field_name][0]["filename"], new_data[upload_field_name][0]["content"], save)
+                func(new_data[upload_field_name][0]["filename"], new_data[upload_field_name][0], save)
             else:
-                func(new_data[upload_field_name]["filename"], new_data[upload_field_name]["content"], save)
+                func(new_data[upload_field_name]["filename"], new_data[upload_field_name], save)
 
     def get_directory_name(self):
         return os.path.normpath(force_unicode(datetime.datetime.now().strftime(smart_str(self.upload_to))))
Index: django/conf/global_settings.py
===================================================================
--- django/conf/global_settings.py	(revision 5722)
+++ django/conf/global_settings.py	(working copy)
@@ -247,6 +247,16 @@
 from django import get_version
 URL_VALIDATOR_USER_AGENT = "Django/%s (http://www.djangoproject.com)" % get_version()
 
+# The directory to place streamed file uploads. The web server needs write
+# permissions on this directory.
+# If this is None, streaming uploads are disabled.
+FILE_UPLOAD_DIR = None
+
+# The minimum size of a POST before file uploads are streamed to disk.
+# Any less than this number, and the file is uploaded to memory.
+# Size is in bytes.
+STREAMING_MIN_POST_SIZE = 512 * (2**10)
+
 ##############
 # MIDDLEWARE #
 ##############
Index: django/core/handlers/wsgi.py
===================================================================
--- django/core/handlers/wsgi.py	(revision 5722)
+++ django/core/handlers/wsgi.py	(working copy)
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@
         self.environ = environ
         self.path = force_unicode(environ['PATH_INFO'])
         self.META = environ
+        self.META['UPLOAD_PROGRESS_ID'] = self._get_file_progress_id()
         self.method = environ['REQUEST_METHOD'].upper()
 
     def __repr__(self):
@@ -112,7 +113,14 @@
             if self.environ.get('CONTENT_TYPE', '').startswith('multipart'):
                 header_dict = dict([(k, v) for k, v in self.environ.items() if k.startswith('HTTP_')])
                 header_dict['Content-Type'] = self.environ.get('CONTENT_TYPE', '')
-                self._post, self._files = http.parse_file_upload(header_dict, self.raw_post_data)
+                header_dict['Content-Length'] = self.environ.get('CONTENT_LENGTH', '')
+                header_dict['X-Progress-ID'] = self.environ.get('HTTP_X_PROGRESS_ID', '')
+                try:
+                    self._post, self._files = http.parse_file_upload(header_dict, self.environ['wsgi.input'], self)
+                except:
+                    self._post, self._files = {}, {} # make sure we dont read the input stream again
+                    raise
+                self._raw_post_data = None # raw data is not available for streamed multipart messages
             else:
                 self._post, self._files = http.QueryDict(self.raw_post_data, encoding=self._encoding), datastructures.MultiValueDict()
         else:
@@ -168,6 +176,17 @@
             buf.close()
             return self._raw_post_data
 
+    def _get_file_progress_id(self):
+        """
+        Returns the Progress ID of the request,
+        usually provided if there is a file upload
+        going on.
+        Returns ``None`` if no progress ID is specified.
+        """
+        return self._get_file_progress_from_args(self.environ,
+                                                 self.GET,
+                                                 self.environ.get('QUERY_STRING', ''))
+
     GET = property(_get_get, _set_get)
     POST = property(_get_post, _set_post)
     COOKIES = property(_get_cookies, _set_cookies)
Index: django/core/handlers/modpython.py
===================================================================
--- django/core/handlers/modpython.py	(revision 5722)
+++ django/core/handlers/modpython.py	(working copy)
@@ -48,7 +48,12 @@
     def _load_post_and_files(self):
         "Populates self._post and self._files"
         if 'content-type' in self._req.headers_in and self._req.headers_in['content-type'].startswith('multipart'):
-            self._post, self._files = http.parse_file_upload(self._req.headers_in, self.raw_post_data)
+            self._raw_post_data = None # raw data is not available for streamed multipart messages
+            try:
+                self._post, self._files = http.parse_file_upload(self._req.headers_in, self._req, self)
+            except:
+                self._post, self._files = {}, {} # make sure we dont read the input stream again
+                raise
         else:
             self._post, self._files = http.QueryDict(self.raw_post_data, encoding=self._encoding), datastructures.MultiValueDict()
 
@@ -93,20 +98,21 @@
                 'AUTH_TYPE':         self._req.ap_auth_type,
                 'CONTENT_LENGTH':    self._req.clength, # This may be wrong
                 'CONTENT_TYPE':      self._req.content_type, # This may be wrong
-                'GATEWAY_INTERFACE': 'CGI/1.1',
-                'PATH_INFO':         self._req.path_info,
-                'PATH_TRANSLATED':   None, # Not supported
-                'QUERY_STRING':      self._req.args,
-                'REMOTE_ADDR':       self._req.connection.remote_ip,
-                'REMOTE_HOST':       None, # DNS lookups not supported
-                'REMOTE_IDENT':      self._req.connection.remote_logname,
-                'REMOTE_USER':       self._req.user,
-                'REQUEST_METHOD':    self._req.method,
-                'SCRIPT_NAME':       None, # Not supported
-                'SERVER_NAME':       self._req.server.server_hostname,
-                'SERVER_PORT':       self._req.server.port,
-                'SERVER_PROTOCOL':   self._req.protocol,
-                'SERVER_SOFTWARE':   'mod_python'
+                'GATEWAY_INTERFACE':  'CGI/1.1',
+                'PATH_INFO':          self._req.path_info,
+                'PATH_TRANSLATED':    None, # Not supported
+                'QUERY_STRING':       self._req.args,
+                'REMOTE_ADDR':        self._req.connection.remote_ip,
+                'REMOTE_HOST':        None, # DNS lookups not supported
+                'REMOTE_IDENT':       self._req.connection.remote_logname,
+                'REMOTE_USER':        self._req.user,
+                'REQUEST_METHOD':     self._req.method,
+                'SCRIPT_NAME':        None, # Not supported
+                'SERVER_NAME':        self._req.server.server_hostname,
+                'SERVER_PORT':        self._req.server.port,
+                'SERVER_PROTOCOL':    self._req.protocol,
+                'UPLOAD_PROGRESS_ID': self._get_file_progress_id(),
+                'SERVER_SOFTWARE':    'mod_python'
             }
             for key, value in self._req.headers_in.items():
                 key = 'HTTP_' + key.upper().replace('-', '_')
@@ -123,6 +129,17 @@
     def _get_method(self):
         return self.META['REQUEST_METHOD'].upper()
 
+    def _get_file_progress_id(self):
+        """
+        Returns the Progress ID of the request,
+        usually provided if there is a file upload
+        going on.
+        Returns ``None`` if no progress ID is specified.
+        """
+        return self._get_file_progress_from_args(self._req.headers_in,
+                                                 self.GET,
+                                                 self._req.args)
+
     GET = property(_get_get, _set_get)
     POST = property(_get_post, _set_post)
     COOKIES = property(_get_cookies, _set_cookies)
Index: tests/modeltests/test_client/views.py
===================================================================
--- tests/modeltests/test_client/views.py	(revision 5722)
+++ tests/modeltests/test_client/views.py	(working copy)
@@ -46,6 +46,12 @@
 
     return HttpResponse(t.render(c))
 
+def post_file_view(request):
+    "A view that expects a multipart post and returns a file in the context"
+    t = Template('File {{ file.filename }} received', name='POST Template')
+    c = Context({'file': request.FILES['file_file']})
+    return HttpResponse(t.render(c))
+
 def redirect_view(request):
     "A view that redirects all requests to the GET view"
     return HttpResponseRedirect('/test_client/get_view/')
Index: tests/modeltests/test_client/models.py
===================================================================
--- tests/modeltests/test_client/models.py	(revision 5722)
+++ tests/modeltests/test_client/models.py	(working copy)
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 The test client is a class that can act like a simple
 browser for testing purposes.
-  
+
 It allows the user to compose GET and POST requests, and
 obtain the response that the server gave to those requests.
 The server Response objects are annotated with the details
@@ -80,6 +80,20 @@
         self.assertEqual(response.template.name, "Book template")
         self.assertEqual(response.content, "Blink - Malcolm Gladwell")
 
+    def test_post_file_view(self):
+        "POST this python file to a view"
+        import os, tempfile
+        from django.conf import settings
+        file = __file__.replace('.pyc', '.py')
+        for upload_dir in [None, tempfile.gettempdir()]:
+            settings.FILE_UPLOAD_DIR = upload_dir
+            post_data = { 'name': file, 'file': open(file) }
+            response = self.client.post('/test_client/post_file_view/', post_data)
+            self.failUnless('models.py' in response.context['file']['filename'])
+            self.failUnless(len(response.context['file']['content']) == os.path.getsize(file))
+            if upload_dir:
+                self.failUnless(response.context['file']['tmpfilename'])
+
     def test_redirect(self):
         "GET a URL that redirects elsewhere"
         response = self.client.get('/test_client/redirect_view/')
Index: tests/modeltests/test_client/urls.py
===================================================================
--- tests/modeltests/test_client/urls.py	(revision 5722)
+++ tests/modeltests/test_client/urls.py	(working copy)
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 urlpatterns = patterns('',
     (r'^get_view/$', views.get_view),
     (r'^post_view/$', views.post_view),
+    (r'^post_file_view/$', views.post_file_view),
     (r'^raw_post_view/$', views.raw_post_view),
     (r'^redirect_view/$', views.redirect_view),
     (r'^permanent_redirect_view/$', redirect_to, { 'url': '/test_client/get_view/' }),
Index: docs/request_response.txt
===================================================================
--- docs/request_response.txt	(revision 5722)
+++ docs/request_response.txt	(working copy)
@@ -72,13 +72,25 @@
 ``FILES``
     A dictionary-like object containing all uploaded files. Each key in
     ``FILES`` is the ``name`` from the ``<input type="file" name="" />``. Each
-    value in ``FILES`` is a standard Python dictionary with the following three
+    value in ``FILES`` is a standard Python dictionary with the following four
     keys:
 
         * ``filename`` -- The name of the uploaded file, as a Python string.
         * ``content-type`` -- The content type of the uploaded file.
         * ``content`` -- The raw content of the uploaded file.
+        * ``content-length`` -- The length of the content in bytes.
 
+    If streaming file uploads are enabled two additional keys
+    describing the uploaded file will be present:
+
+	* ``tmpfilename`` -- The filename for the temporary file.
+	* ``tmpfile`` -- An open file object for the temporary file.
+
+    The temporary file will be removed when the request finishes.
+
+    Note that accessing ``content`` when streaming uploads are enabled
+    will read the whole file into memory which may not be what you want.
+
     Note that ``FILES`` will only contain data if the request method was POST
     and the ``<form>`` that posted to the request had
     ``enctype="multipart/form-data"``. Otherwise, ``FILES`` will be a blank
Index: docs/settings.txt
===================================================================
--- docs/settings.txt	(revision 5722)
+++ docs/settings.txt	(working copy)
@@ -472,6 +472,15 @@
 
 .. _Testing Django Applications: ../testing/
 
+FILE_UPLOAD_DIR
+---------------
+
+Default: ``None``
+
+Path to a directory where temporary files should be written during
+file uploads. Leaving this as ``None`` will disable streaming file uploads,
+and cause all uploaded files to be stored (temporarily) in memory.
+
 IGNORABLE_404_ENDS
 ------------------
 
@@ -788,6 +797,16 @@
 
 .. _site framework docs: ../sites/
 
+STREAMING_MIN_POST_SIZE
+-----------------------
+
+Default: 524288 (``512*1024``)
+
+An integer specifying the minimum number of bytes that has to be
+received (in a POST) for file upload streaming to take place. Any
+request smaller than this will be handled in memory. 
+Note: ``FILE_UPLOAD_DIR`` has to be defined to enable streaming.
+
 TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS
 ---------------------------
 
Index: docs/forms.txt
===================================================================
--- docs/forms.txt	(revision 5722)
+++ docs/forms.txt	(working copy)
@@ -475,6 +475,19 @@
    new_data = request.POST.copy()
    new_data.update(request.FILES)
 
+Streaming file uploads.
+-----------------------
+
+File uploads will be read into memory by default. This works fine for
+small to medium sized uploads (from 1MB to 100MB depending on your
+setup and usage). If you want to support larger uploads you can enable
+upload streaming where only a small part of the file will be in memory
+at any time. To do this you need to specify the ``FILE_UPLOAD_DIR``
+setting (see the settings_ document for more details).
+
+See `request object`_ for more details about ``request.FILES`` objects
+with streaming file uploads enabled.
+
 Validators
 ==========
 
@@ -698,3 +711,4 @@
 .. _`generic views`: ../generic_views/
 .. _`models API`: ../model-api/
 .. _settings: ../settings/
+.. _request object: ../request_response/#httprequest-objects
