Rails - Aug 2005 - (newbie) #{method}_relative_path empty (file upload 0.1.2)

first off, thanks (a lot!) sebastian for creating this module... I''ve  
been spending a lot of time in getting file uploads to work.

inside a project I''m working on, I''ve got two different models
using
it... with one of them it''s working just fine. with another,  
everything works, with the exception of the url_for_file_column  
helper, which shows /entry/file_column/ but not the relative path (/ 
entry_id/file_name), so it writes this:

/photo/file//

looks like file_relative_path isn''t returning the path, though  
there''s a file name written to a ''file'' column in the
database table.
I examined the source for the module, but couldn''t find where it  
breaks, if anything I''m doing is conflicting with the module for  
instance.

here''s the model

require_dependency ''rails_file_column''
class Photo < ActiveRecord::Base
     belongs_to :user

     file_column :file

     def set_to_last_position
         position = user.photos.size + 1
     end

     def before_create
         set_to_last_position
     end

end

any ideas why FileColumn wouldn''t find the file''s relative
path?

thanks
oliver

On 8/17/05, oliver barnes
<ol1barn3s-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> inside a project I''m working on, I''ve got two different
models using
> it... with one of them it''s working just fine. with another,
> everything works, with the exception of the url_for_file_column
> helper, which shows /entry/file_column/ but not the relative path (/
> entry_id/file_name), so it writes this:
> 
> /photo/file//
hmm, I don''t know exactly what is causing this, but considering the
(im-)maturity of file_column it''s most probably a bug in my code :)

Could you help me debuging this by providing me with the following information?

* Start up the console (e.g. "./script/console")
* Load the photo object you are refering to (e.g type "p =
Photo.load(42)")
* Look at the attributes (e.g. type "p.attributes")
* and the file_relative_path (type "p.file_relative_path")

If you send me the output of the above session I can hopefully find
the bug. BTW, you should remove the "require_dependcy
''rails_file_column''" from your model and put
"require
''rails_file_column''" at the bottom of your
"config/environment.rb"
instead.

Thanks
Sebastian

hi sebastian,

I got it working afterwards, after changing naming around... I tried  
to avoid using ''file'' as the column for file_column. not
positive
whether this was the issue though, i did a lot of tinkering around  
late at night... . it might just have been a newbie oversight  
somewhere :P

I am going to begin using the console after your tip though, hadn''t  
looked into this tool yet. and any further feedback I have I''ll send  
you with this session.

I put require_dependency ''rails_file_column'' inside
environment... I
had before, but it didn''t work at first for some reason. working  
smoothly now.

thanks again for creating this! i''m going to use it a lot, and hope  
to send better feedback in the future ;)

- Oliver




On Aug 18, 2005, at 10:25 AM, Sebastian Kanthak wrote:
> On 8/17/05, oliver barnes
<ol1barn3s-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
>> inside a project I''m working on, I''ve got two
different models using
>> it... with one of them it''s working just fine. with another,
>> everything works, with the exception of the url_for_file_column
>> helper, which shows /entry/file_column/ but not the relative path (/
>> entry_id/file_name), so it writes this:
>>
>> /photo/file//
>>
>
> hmm, I don''t know exactly what is causing this, but considering
the
> (im-)maturity of file_column it''s most probably a bug in my code
:)
>
> Could you help me debuging this by providing me with the following  
> information?
>
> * Start up the console (e.g. "./script/console")
> * Load the photo object you are refering to (e.g type "p =  
> Photo.load(42)")
> * Look at the attributes (e.g. type "p.attributes")
> * and the file_relative_path (type "p.file_relative_path")
>
> If you send me the output of the above session I can hopefully find
> the bug. BTW, you should remove the "require_dependcy
> ''rails_file_column''" from your model and put
"require
> ''rails_file_column''" at the bottom of your
"config/environment.rb"
> instead.
>
> Thanks
> Sebastian
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hi sebastian,
I''ve encountered this same issue again, and I''m sending the
debug
info you asked for a while back:

## ''load'' didn''t work, so I tried
''find''
 >> p = Photo.load(37)
TypeError: cannot convert Fixnum into String
         from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.1.1/ 
lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:193:in `load''
         from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.1.1/ 
lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:193:in `load''
         from (irb):12
 >> p = Photo.find(37)
=> #<Photo:0x22f4650 @attributes={"approved_on"=>nil,  
"blocked_on"=>nil,
"arquivo"=>"30209_square.jpg",
"updated_on"=>"2005-08-26 15:36:02",
"id"=>"37", "talent_id"=>"366",
"position"=>"3",
"created_at"=>"2005-08-26 15:36:02"}>
 >> p.attributes
=> {"blocked_on"=>nil, "approved_on"=>nil,  
"arquivo"=>"30209_square.jpg",
"updated_on"=>Fri Aug 26 15:36:02 BRT
2005, "id"=>37, "talent_id"=>366,
"position"=>3, "created_at"=>Fri
Aug 26 15:36:02 BRT 2005}
 >> p.arquivo_relative_path
=> "37/30209_square.jpg"
 >>

arquivo_relative_path returns the right path, and I''m using it  
directly for now, but  url_for_file_column("photo",
"arquivo") is
just giving me "/photo/arquivo//.png"

thanks
Oliver


On Aug 18, 2005, at 10:25 AM, Sebastian Kanthak wrote:
> On 8/17/05, oliver barnes
<ol1barn3s-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
>> inside a project I''m working on, I''ve got two
different models using
>> it... with one of them it''s working just fine. with another,
>> everything works, with the exception of the url_for_file_column
>> helper, which shows /entry/file_column/ but not the relative path (/
>> entry_id/file_name), so it writes this:
>>
>> /photo/file//
>>
>
> hmm, I don''t know exactly what is causing this, but considering
the
> (im-)maturity of file_column it''s most probably a bug in my code
:)
>
> Could you help me debuging this by providing me with the following  
> information?
>
> * Start up the console (e.g. "./script/console")
> * Load the photo object you are refering to (e.g type "p =  
> Photo.load(42)")
> * Look at the attributes (e.g. type "p.attributes")
> * and the file_relative_path (type "p.file_relative_path")
>
> If you send me the output of the above session I can hopefully find
> the bug. BTW, you should remove the "require_dependcy
> ''rails_file_column''" from your model and put
"require
> ''rails_file_column''" at the bottom of your
"config/environment.rb"
> instead.
>
> Thanks
> Sebastian
> _______________________________________________
> Rails mailing list
> Rails-1W37MKcQCpIf0INCOvqR/iCwEArCW2h5@public.gmane.org
> http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails
>

Hi Oliver,

On 8/26/05, oliver barnes
<ol1barn3s-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> I''ve encountered this same issue again, and I''m sending
the debug
> info you asked for a while back:
[snip]
>  >> p.arquivo_relative_path
> => "37/30209_square.jpg"
>  >>
> 
> arquivo_relative_path returns the right path, and I''m using it
> directly for now, but  url_for_file_column("photo",
"arquivo") is
> just giving me "/photo/arquivo//.png"
hmm, this is very strange, because url_for_file_column is just calling
the "arquivo_relative_path" method. Could you add some debug code to
your view?

<%= debug @photo %>
<%= @photo.arquivo_relative_path %>
<%= url_for_file_column "photo", "arquivo" %>

Hopefully I can figure out what''s going on here, soon.

Sebastian

PS: Are you using version 0.1.3?

hey sebastian, here''s the output for the debug code:

--- !ruby/object:Photo
attributes:
   arquivo: 30209_square.jpg
   id: "37"
   created_at: 2005-08-26 15:36:02
37/30209_square.jpg /photo/arquivo/

and I forgot to mention, this is inside a partial (_photo.rhtml, with  
locals named after this). could this be the problem?

i''m using 0.1.3.

with another object using file_column, it works fine:

--- &id001 !ruby/object:User
attributes:
   name: ''''
   photo: 000037_1.jpg

366/000037_1.jpg /user/photo/366/000037_1.jpg

thanks
Oliver


On Aug 28, 2005, at 1:47 PM, Sebastian Kanthak wrote:
> hmm, this is very strange, because url_for_file_column is just calling
> the "arquivo_relative_path" method. Could you add some debug code
to
> your view?
>
> <%= debug @photo %>
> <%= @photo.arquivo_relative_path %>
> <%= url_for_file_column "photo", "arquivo" %>
>
> Hopefully I can figure out what''s going on here, soon.
>
> Sebastian
>
> PS: Are you using version 0.1.3?

On 8/30/05, oliver barnes
<ol1barn3s-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> and I forgot to mention, this is inside a partial (_photo.rhtml, with
> locals named after this). could this be the problem?
is the photo object inside a local variable or an instance variable
(e.g. photo or @photo)? url_for_file_column only works with instance
variables, like all other active record form helpers. Could this be
the problem?

Sebastian

it''s inside a local variable, that must be it. didn''t know
there was
this distinction, thanks once again sebastian.

On Aug 30, 2005, at 12:55 AM, Sebastian Kanthak wrote:
> On 8/30/05, oliver barnes
<ol1barn3s-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
>> and I forgot to mention, this is inside a partial (_photo.rhtml, with
>> locals named after this). could this be the problem?
>>
>
> is the photo object inside a local variable or an instance variable
> (e.g. photo or @photo)? url_for_file_column only works with instance
> variables, like all other active record form helpers. Could this be
> the problem?
>
> Sebastian
>