Rails - Mar 2006 - Newbie: Can''t get file to upload

Since I can''t get the fancy upload progress thing to work, I thought 
that I would revert back to a regular file upload scenario.

I have a very simple file upload form set up.  It appears that my file 
parameter is coming into the controller as a string, not a file object.

Here''s my view:

<%= form_tag  :action => ''save_HTML'',
              :multipart => ''true'' %>
  <%= file_field ''eSimplyJob'', ''file''
%>
  <P>
    <%= submit_tag "Upload" %>
  </P>
<%= end_form_tag %>


Here''s my controller method:

 public
  def save_HTML
    @filename = @params[:eSimplyJob][:file].original_filename
    File.open("#{RAILS_ROOT}/htmlfiles/#{@filename}", "wb")
do |f|
      f.write(@params[:eSimplyJob][:file].read)
    end
    puts "Finished with save_HTML"
  end

When I execute the upload, I get the following error:

undefined method `original_filename'' for
"upload.rhtml":String

I understand that this means that @params[:eSimplyJob][:file] is a 
String and not an IO object.

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks for any help.

Wes Gamble

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Well, I feel dumb.

I''ve decided to be very explicit about function call parens and the
hash
specifications for parameters.

Doing this:

<%= form_tag ({ :action => ''save_HTML'' },
              { :multipart => ''true'' }) %>

works fine.

Thanks,
Wes

Wes Gamble wrote:
> Since I can''t get the fancy upload progress thing to work, I
thought
> that I would revert back to a regular file upload scenario.
> 
> I have a very simple file upload form set up.  It appears that my file 
> parameter is coming into the controller as a string, not a file object.
> 
> Here''s my view:
> 
> <%= form_tag  :action => ''save_HTML'',
>               :multipart => ''true'' %>
>   <%= file_field ''eSimplyJob'',
''file'' %>
>   <P>
>     <%= submit_tag "Upload" %>
>   </P>
> <%= end_form_tag %>
> 
> 
> Here''s my controller method:
> 
>  public
>   def save_HTML
>     @filename = @params[:eSimplyJob][:file].original_filename
>     File.open("#{RAILS_ROOT}/htmlfiles/#{@filename}",
"wb") do |f|
>       f.write(@params[:eSimplyJob][:file].read)
>     end
>     puts "Finished with save_HTML"
>   end
> 
> When I execute the upload, I get the following error:
> 
> undefined method `original_filename'' for
"upload.rhtml":String
> 
> I understand that this means that @params[:eSimplyJob][:file] is a 
> String and not an IO object.
> 
> What am I doing wrong?
> 
> Thanks for any help.
> 
> Wes Gamble

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Hey Wes,
Can you help me if I ask you to make the uploading restricted to only
doc files?
Since you are half way already, I think you''ll be able to guess what I
am talking about.
Thanks in advance.


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