Hi, Say I have a model Event that has a file_column called ''pdf''. I want to send out emails that contain the URL for the pdf file that''s associated with the Event. I also want to test the emails, so I''d need to be able to get at the URL for the pdf inside my unit tests. I don''t see how I can use url_for_file_column in this situation. Doing <%= url_for_file_column "event", "pdf" %> in the actionmailer doesn''t seem to work (I get a error when it tried to do nil.relative_url_root[1]). And I also don''t see how I can use url_for_file_column in my unit tests. Any ideas? Am I going about this completely wrong? Thanks, Joe [1] The error occured while evaluating nil.relative_url_root <snip> #{RAILS_ROOT}/vendor/plugins/file_column/lib/file_column_helper.rb:53:in `url_for_file_column'' #{RAILS_ROOT}/app/views/notifier_mailer/new_registration.rhtml:19
I had a similar issue but was trying to add a file to a seperate controller/view where I was storing the file in a seperate directory than the default filecolumn one. I also added a dynamic directory to the mix. What I found was that file_column does not support the only_path => false option so you have to build the url manually using this something like this: "#{url_for(:controller => '''', :only_path => false)}" + "event/" + "# {event.id}" + "/" + "#{File.basename(event.pdf)}" As far as using this for your tests I am not sure as i have not figured out testing yet. Andrew On Jan 14, 2006, at 10:08 AM, Joe Van Dyk wrote:> Hi, > > Say I have a model Event that has a file_column called ''pdf''. > > I want to send out emails that contain the URL for the pdf file that''s > associated with the Event. I also want to test the emails, so I''d > need to be able to get at the URL for the pdf inside my unit tests. > > I don''t see how I can use url_for_file_column in this situation. > Doing <%= url_for_file_column "event", "pdf" %> in the actionmailer > doesn''t seem to work (I get a error when it tried to do > nil.relative_url_root[1]). And I also don''t see how I can use > url_for_file_column in my unit tests. > > Any ideas? Am I going about this completely wrong? > > Thanks, > Joe > > [1] > The error occured while evaluating nil.relative_url_root > <snip> > #{RAILS_ROOT}/vendor/plugins/file_column/lib/ > file_column_helper.rb:53:in > `url_for_file_column'' > #{RAILS_ROOT}/app/views/notifier_mailer/new_registration.rhtml:19 > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails
On 1/14/06, Joe Van Dyk <joevandyk@gmail.com> wrote:> Hi, > > Say I have a model Event that has a file_column called ''pdf''. > > I want to send out emails that contain the URL for the pdf file that''s > associated with the Event. I also want to test the emails, so I''d > need to be able to get at the URL for the pdf inside my unit tests. > > I don''t see how I can use url_for_file_column in this situation. > Doing <%= url_for_file_column "event", "pdf" %> in the actionmailer > doesn''t seem to work (I get a error when it tried to do > nil.relative_url_root[1]). And I also don''t see how I can use > url_for_file_column in my unit tests. > > Any ideas? Am I going about this completely wrong? > > Thanks, > Joe > > [1] > The error occured while evaluating nil.relative_url_root > <snip> > #{RAILS_ROOT}/vendor/plugins/file_column/lib/file_column_helper.rb:53:in > `url_for_file_column'' > #{RAILS_ROOT}/app/views/notifier_mailer/new_registration.rhtml:19 >Any ideas?