I have connected the dropzone file name & filetype to my database insert option that is part of the upload task. only values not part of the dropzone are saved to the db. how can I get the filename and type to save when the upload is done?

Check this thread. It might help you.
www.evernote.com/shard/s593/sh/93d90666-61c7-4f70-9634-80edda70406d/95df7576cd9c319182f93bdc0ae6b116

Thanks for the info Niko,
Also there is a tutorial about this: www.dmxzone.com/go/32181/sending-additional-data-with-the-uploaded-files/