Rails - May 2006 - Problem uploading files

Hi everyone,

I''m having trouble uploading some files.  I''ve set up a simple
action whose
view looks like: 


<%= start_form_tag({:action => ''handle_file_test''},
{:multipart => true}) %>
  <label for="file">File to Upload</label> <%=
file_field_tag "file" %>
  <%= submit_tag %>
<%= end_form_tag %>

<% if defined? @file.original_filename %>
<%= debug @file %><br />
<%= @file.original_filename %><br />
<%= @file.path %><br />
<%= @file.content_type %><br />
<% end %>

The controller simply assigns params[:file] to @file.

For some of my files, "debug @file" reports that @file is a string. 
For
these files, @file.path is empty.  I can''t figure out any pattern for
why
this is happening. I upload one jpeg file, and the file shows up as a file.
I upload another, and the file shows up as a string.

Any ideas?

Thanks!

Daniel Higginbotham wrote:

> For some of my files, "debug @file" reports that @file is a
string.  For
> these files, @file.path is empty.  I can''t figure out any pattern
for
> why
> this is happening. I upload one jpeg file, and the file shows up as a 
> file.
> I upload another, and the file shows up as a string.
> 
> Any ideas?
For uploads below a certain size (I forget how large, maybe a couple of 
k), you get back an IO object that can be read like a file, but is 
actually a string.

I use somthing like:

    path = uploaded_file.local_path
    if path.blank?
        # it''s an IOString
    else
        # it''s a temp file
    end

when I need to know the difference.

--Al Evans


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Great, thank you!

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To: rails@lists.rubyonrails.org
Subject: [Rails] Re: Problem uploading files

Daniel Higginbotham wrote:

> For some of my files, "debug @file" reports that @file is a
string.  For
> these files, @file.path is empty.  I can''t figure out any pattern
for
> why
> this is happening. I upload one jpeg file, and the file shows up as a 
> file.
> I upload another, and the file shows up as a string.
> 
> Any ideas?
For uploads below a certain size (I forget how large, maybe a couple of 
k), you get back an IO object that can be read like a file, but is 
actually a string.

I use somthing like:

    path = uploaded_file.local_path
    if path.blank?
        # it''s an IOString
    else
        # it''s a temp file
    end

when I need to know the difference.

--Al Evans


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Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
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