Rails - Jul 2006 - staying in control over the case in file_column plugin

using file_column plugin, if I upload IMG0001.JPG, I get files similarly
named IMG0001-thumb.JPG, etc. but if I upload img00002.jpg, I get files
img00002-thumb.jpg, etc.

This is tacky in terms of my counting on a consistency when implementing
views.

My inclination is to start hacking away at this section of
file_column.rb:

  class PermanentUploadedFile < RealUploadedFile # :nodoc:
    def initialize(*args)
      super *args
      @dir = File.join(store_dir,@instance.id.to_s)
      @filename = @instance[@attr]
      @filename = nil if @filename.empty?
    end

something like
      @filename = @instance.lower[@attr]
instead of
      @filename = @instance[@attr]

but before I start hacking brilliantly conceptualized code with
illogical luck, I wonder if I am not not missing something somewhere
that would make this much simpler.

Craig

I''m still hoping to get some feedback on this...

On Mon, 2006-07-03 at 15:24 -0700, Craig White wrote:
> using file_column plugin, if I upload IMG0001.JPG, I get files similarly
> named IMG0001-thumb.JPG, etc. but if I upload img00002.jpg, I get files
> img00002-thumb.jpg, etc.
> 
> This is tacky in terms of my counting on a consistency when implementing
> views.
> 
> My inclination is to start hacking away at this section of
> file_column.rb:
> 
>   class PermanentUploadedFile < RealUploadedFile # :nodoc:
>     def initialize(*args)
>       super *args
>       @dir = File.join(store_dir,@instance.id.to_s)
>       @filename = @instance[@attr]
>       @filename = nil if @filename.empty?
>     end
> 
> something like
>       @filename = @instance.lower[@attr]
----
probably should be downcase and not lower
----
> instead of
>       @filename = @instance[@attr]
> 
> but before I start hacking brilliantly conceptualized code with
> illogical luck, I wonder if I am not not missing something somewhere
> that would make this much simpler.
> 
> Craig