Rails - Jul 2006 - newbie--how do i load a parsed file?

Hello there,

I''m new with ruby on rails and i don''t know how to load up a
parsed file
into my database. I have my ruby script that parses it but don''t know 
where to put my code, or how to combine it with view/model/controller. 
this is what i have:

class Description < ActiveRecord::Base

  def import_strings(a_file)
  table = { }
  IO.foreach(''#{a_file}'') { |line|
    if line =~ /^ \s* " (.*?) " \s* = \s* " (.*?) "/x
      table[ $1 ] = $2
    end
  }

  description = Description.new
  description.Lenguage = [$1]
  description.Platform = [$2]
  description.save

  end

end

My view:

<h1>Importing Strings<h1>

<%=error_messages_for("description")%>
<%= start_form_tag({:action => ''save''}, :multipart =>
true)%>
    <p>
        <b>Lenguage:</b><br/>
        <%=	select("variable", nil, @array_of_lenguages)	%>
    </p>
    <p>
        <b>Path: </b><br />
        <%= file_field ("description", "description"
        )%>
    </p>
    <p><%= submit_tag "Import"%></p>

<%= end_form_tag%>

I only get the actual displays but the file is never loaded into the 
database.  Does anybody know why?

Any help is apreciated

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

For starters, your form tag points at an action called ''save'',
and all your
code is in an action called ''import_strings''. Unless you left
some other
code out, your method won''t be called by this form.

Also I don''t think you''re quite understanding what will come
in from your
form field parameter. Might want to have a look at:

http://wiki.rubyonrails.com/rails/pages/HowtoUploadFiles

HTH,
Jeff

On 7/25/06, David Furgeson <ricardo.orozco@hp.com>
wrote:
>
> Hello there,
>
> I''m new with ruby on rails and i don''t know how to load
up a parsed file
> into my database. I have my ruby script that parses it but don''t
know
> where to put my code, or how to combine it with view/model/controller.
> this is what i have:
>
> class Description < ActiveRecord::Base
>
>   def import_strings(a_file)
>   table = { }
>   IO.foreach(''#{a_file}'') { |line|
>     if line =~ /^ \s* " (.*?) " \s* = \s* " (.*?) "/x
>       table[ $1 ] = $2
>     end
>   }
>
>   description = Description.new
>   description.Lenguage = [$1]
>   description.Platform = [$2]
>   description.save
>
>   end
>
> end
>
> My view:
>
> <h1>Importing Strings<h1>
>
> <%=error_messages_for("description")%>
> <%= start_form_tag({:action => ''save''}, :multipart
=> true)%>
>     <p>
>         <b>Lenguage:</b><br/>
>         <%=     select("variable", nil, @array_of_lenguages)  
%>
>     </p>
>     <p>
>         <b>Path: </b><br />
>         <%= file_field ("description", "description"
>         )%>
>     </p>
>     <p><%= submit_tag "Import"%></p>
>
> <%= end_form_tag%>
>
> I only get the actual displays but the file is never loaded into the
> database.  Does anybody know why?
>
> Any help is apreciated
>
> --
> Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
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