Rails - Dec 2005 - upload multi files using file_column

Hi,

I have a Photo table like this

id
image_url
title

I hope I can use file_column to load image. The problem is file_column only
supports one file. I know I can create multi columns in the table to
load multi files using
file_column but I only want one column and I want the files being
uploaded to save into different record instead of one photo record.

Is anyway I can define a virtual attribute like this?

class Photo < ActiveRecord
  file_column :image_url                   #image_url will be a real column
  file_column :virtual_url_1                #this is not a table
column, just a holder for file
  file_column :virtual_url_2                #this is not a table
column, just a holder for file

def virtual_url_1(value)
  save the second file into a new photo record
end

def virtual_url_2(value)
  save the third file into a new photo record
end

end

I tried this but it seems not working, could anyone give me
suggestions on how to solve this problem?

thanks/chong

On 12/12/05, chongqing xiao
<cqxiao-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> I have a Photo table like this
>
> id
> image_url
> title
>
> I hope I can use file_column to load image. The problem is file_column only
> supports one file. I know I can create multi columns in the table to
> load multi files using
> file_column but I only want one column and I want the files being
> uploaded to save into different record instead of one photo record.
how about just having a Photo model with one file_column and simply
storing several of them? If you have several file uploads field in
your view like this:

   <%= file_column "photo1", "image" %>
   <%= file_column "photo2", "image" %>
   ...

and in your controller that saves the form:

   @photo1 = Photo.new(params[:photo1])
   @photo1.save

   @photo2 = Photo.new(params[:photo2])
   @photo2.save
   ...

There should be a more elegant way with rails auto-numbering the
fields, but I''m too lazy to figure this out. Of course, you could loop
to avoid violating DRY etc. but this should give you an idea.


Sebastian