Rails - Nov 2005 - trouble with file_column plugin

I can''t get the file_column plugin 0.3 working propperly (on Win XP,
with
rails 0.14.3) . Without validation and form redisplay, everythings seems to
work fine, by when I do a form redisplay, then the file-column field is nil
after saving the record, however i have in the hidden formfield the key of
the already uploaded file a temporary location. Here are the relevant
snippets of my code:

# Model
#
class Book < ActiveRecord::Base
belongs_to :user
file_column :file
validates_presence_of :title, :amount
validates_numericality_of :amount
end

# Controller
#
........
def create_ebook
return unless request.post?
uploaded_file = params[:book][:file]

@book = Book.new(:file => uploaded_file,
:size => uploaded_file.size,
:title => params[:book][:title],
:amount => params[:book][:amount],
:created_at => Time.now)

current_user.books << @book
if current_user.save
if @ebook.file.nil?
@book.destroy
flash[:notice] = "#{@book[''file'']} upload failed"
else
flash[:notice] = "#{@book[''file'']} uploaded
successfully"
end
redirect_to :action => ''list''
else
@user = current_user
end
end
...................

# View
#
<%= form_tag( { :action => "create_book" }, { :multipart =>
true } ) %>
<%= error_messages_for ''book'' %>
<label for="upload_filename">File: </label><br/>
<%= file_column_field("book", "file")
%><br/><br/>
<label for="title">Title</label><br/>
<%= text_field ''book'', ''title''
%><br/><br/>
<label for="amount">Price in U$</label><br/>
<%= text_field ''book'', ''amount''
%><br/><br/>
<%= submit_tag ''Upload'' -%>
<%= end_form_tag %>


Has anybody an idea what I am doing wrong or has a working example of
file-column code to share ?

thanks in advance
--
Roberto Saccon - http://rsaccon.com


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On 11/14/05, R. Saccon <rsaccon-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> I can''t get the file_column plugin 0.3 working propperly (on Win
XP, with
> rails 0.14.3) . Without validation and form redisplay, everythings seems to
> work fine, by when I do a form redisplay, then  the file-column  field is
> nil after saving the record, however i have in the hidden formfield the key
> of the already uploaded file a temporary location. Here are the relevant
> snippets of my code:
>
> # Model
> #
> class Book < ActiveRecord::Base
>   belongs_to :user
>   file_column :file
>   validates_presence_of :title, :amount
>   validates_numericality_of :amount
> end
>
> # Controller
> #
>  ........
>   def create_ebook
>     return unless request.post?
>     uploaded_file = params[:book][:file]
>
>     @book = Book.new(:file => uploaded_file,
>                       :size => uploaded_file.size,
>                       :title => params[:book][:title],
>                       :amount => params[:book][:amount],
>                       :created_at => Time.now)
well, you aren''t passing the hidden field (which is called
''book[file_temp]'') to the book model. The shortest way would
be
something like: "@book = Book.new(@params[:book])" as it will
automatically include all params, but you might have to be careful
about security in this case.

If you want to keep your current style, you should add the following
after creating the @book object:

   @book.file_temp = @params[:book][:file_temp] if @params[:book][:file_temp]

Hope this helps
Sebastian