Rails - Mar 2006 - url_for_file_column not returning correct path

I added this test towards the end of the included
file_column_helper_test.rb that shipped with the file_column plugin:

  def test_url_for_file_column_different_root_path
    Entry.file_column :image, :root_path => File.join(RAILS_ROOT,
"public/files")
    e = Entry.new(:image => upload(f("skanthak.png")))
    assert_match %r{/public/files/entry/image}, e.image_options[:store_dir]
    assert e.save
    assert_match %r{files/entry/image}, url_for_file_column(e,
"image")
  end

the last assert_match did not pass...

  1) Failure:
test_url_for_file_column_different_root_path(UrlForFileColumnTest)
[file_column_helper_test.rb:59]:
<"/entry/image/1/skanthak.png"> expected to be =~
</files\/entry\/image/>.

The file is correctly stored in the :root_path specified. It''s as if
url_for_file_column doesn''t take it into account. Has anyone else
experienced this problem?

the url wouldn''t be using the rails_root because it''s looking
for a web
accessible path (URL), not the filesystem path.

maybe you need to use :store_dir instead?

Nithin Reddy wrote:
> I added this test towards the end of the included
> file_column_helper_test.rb that shipped with the file_column plugin:
> 
>   def test_url_for_file_column_different_root_path
>     Entry.file_column :image, :root_path => File.join(RAILS_ROOT,
> "public/files")
>     e = Entry.new(:image => upload(f("skanthak.png")))
>     assert_match %r{/public/files/entry/image}, 
> e.image_options[:store_dir]
>     assert e.save
>     assert_match %r{files/entry/image}, url_for_file_column(e,
"image")
>   end
> 
> the last assert_match did not pass...
> 
>   1) Failure:
> test_url_for_file_column_different_root_path(UrlForFileColumnTest)
> [file_column_helper_test.rb:59]:
> <"/entry/image/1/skanthak.png"> expected to be =~
> </files\/entry\/image/>.
> 
> The file is correctly stored in the :root_path specified. It''s as
if
> url_for_file_column doesn''t take it into account. Has anyone else
> experienced this problem?

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On 3/3/06, dorian mcfarland <loaf@isness.org>
wrote:
> the url wouldn''t be using the rails_root because it''s
looking for a web
> accessible path (URL), not the filesystem path.
>
> maybe you need to use :store_dir instead?
I''m not sure how to use this option. I want the images stored in...

public/files/<model_name>/<attribute_name>/<id>, instead of
public/<model_name>/<attribute_name>/<id>

I''ve tried the following with no success (it just used the default
directory):

file_column(  :file_name,
                :options => {:mime_extensions => MIME_EXTENSIONS,
:store_dir => "files"},
                :magick => {:versions => {:small => {:crop =>
"1:1",
:size => "75x75"},
                                          :medium => {:crop =>
"1:1",
:size => "150x150"} } } )

I''m not sure what to set :store_dir as (I''ve tried a few
different
combinations).