Rails - Jan 2006 - file_field questions

A couple questions about file_field elements.

First, with code such as this:

<%= file_field ''attachments'', ''filename''
%>

Would the filename of the file I select be the value that''s stored 
within the database under the "filename" column, and then I would just
add in code in my "create" controller to upload the actual file?

Second, when I have a tag such as above, and my form throws an error, 
the field clears. For example, if I selected a filename and entered a 
date, but no description, the form will come back saying "title
can''t be
blank." The date I entered will still be there, but the file selector 
will be empty. Any way around this? Thanks!

use file_column

http://www.kanthak.net/opensource/file_column/

plenty of info on the list here about it.

adam

On 1/22/06, Dylan Markow <dylan@dylanmarkow.com>
wrote:
> A couple questions about file_field elements.
>
> First, with code such as this:
>
> <%= file_field ''attachments'',
''filename'' %>
>
> Would the filename of the file I select be the value that''s stored
> within the database under the "filename" column, and then I would
just
> add in code in my "create" controller to upload the actual file?
>
> Second, when I have a tag such as above, and my form throws an error,
> the field clears. For example, if I selected a filename and entered a
> date, but no description, the form will come back saying "title
can''t be
> blank." The date I entered will still be there, but the file selector
> will be empty. Any way around this? Thanks!
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