I''m using FlexImage to upload files, and I want to also be able to go back and edit the file. So an edit operation would produce the name of the file that was uploaded, and produce a thumbnail for visual reference, with the ability to delete this image entirely, or to change it''s uploaded path/image. Would I need to add a column to my Images table to save the uploaded path, and then populate the file_field with that value? (Is there even a way to populate the file_field with a previous value?) Any thoughts or experiences would be time saving and appreciated. Matt --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
OK. different question, but I''ll keep it in the same thread, since Its
FlexImage related.
What is the best way to display multiple images that are already in the
database from a FlexImage upload?
I have multiple photos that belong to one listing (one-to-many), I was
going to do a render_flex_image() on one of the images, but I''m getting
an error back that it doesn''t like the datatype I''m handing in
(Array)
@listing = Listing.find(9)
@image = Photo.find(:all,
:conditions => [ "listing_id = ?", @listing.id ] )
# @image is an array of 1 image
render_flex_image(@image)
--> undefined method `data_field'' for Array:Class
If I use the following instead:
render_flex_image(@image[0])
I don''t get an error, and I get the image, but without any layout.
What am I doing wrong?
Ultimately, I just want to display numerous photos on the same page.
Matt
On Tue, 2007-01-02 at 17:50 -0700, matt wrote:>
> I''m using FlexImage to upload files, and I want to also be able to
go
> back and edit the file.
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> So an edit operation would produce the name of the file that was
> uploaded, and produce a thumbnail for visual reference, with the ability
> to delete this image entirely, or to change it''s uploaded
path/image.
>
> Would I need to add a column to my Images table to save the uploaded
> path, and then populate the file_field with that value? (Is there even a
> way to populate the file_field with a previous value?)
>
>
> Any thoughts or experiences would be time saving and appreciated.
>
> Matt
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Can render_flex_image() take an Array of images? What is the proper usage/intent of render_flex_image() ? When I use it, it only displays an image, no layout, is that the proper intent? On Tue, 2007-01-02 at 23:37 -0700, matt wrote:> OK. different question, but I''ll keep it in the same thread, since Its > FlexImage related. > > What is the best way to display multiple images that are already in the > database from a FlexImage upload? > > I have multiple photos that belong to one listing (one-to-many), I was > going to do a render_flex_image() on one of the images, but I''m getting > an error back that it doesn''t like the datatype I''m handing in (Array) > > @listing = Listing.find(9) > @image = Photo.find(:all, > :conditions => [ "listing_id = ?", @listing.id ] ) > # @image is an array of 1 image > render_flex_image(@image) > --> undefined method `data_field'' for Array:Class > > If I use the following instead: > render_flex_image(@image[0]) > > I don''t get an error, and I get the image, but without any layout. > > What am I doing wrong? > > Ultimately, I just want to display numerous photos on the same page. > > Matt > > On Tue, 2007-01-02 at 17:50 -0700, matt wrote: > > > > I''m using FlexImage to upload files, and I want to also be able to go > > back and edit the file. > > > > So an edit operation would produce the name of the file that was > > uploaded, and produce a thumbnail for visual reference, with the ability > > to delete this image entirely, or to change it''s uploaded path/image. > > > > Would I need to add a column to my Images table to save the uploaded > > path, and then populate the file_field with that value? (Is there even a > > way to populate the file_field with a previous value?) > > > > > > Any thoughts or experiences would be time saving and appreciated. > > > > Matt > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
matt wrote:> I''m using FlexImage to upload files, and I want to also be able to go > back and edit the file. > > So an edit operation would produce the name of the file that was > uploaded, and produce a thumbnail for visual reference, with the ability > to delete this image entirely, or to change it''s uploaded path/image.The thumbnail would be created when it''s requested, rather than at upload. To create the thumbnail when it''s uploaded, use file_column instead.> Would I need to add a column to my Images table to save the uploaded > path, and then populate the file_field with that value? (Is there even a > way to populate the file_field with a previous value?)The filestore is defined once for the entire class. It''s not really designed to start moving the stored images around in various places on the filesystem. You will have to roll your own solution for that. I''m not really getting what you are trying to accomplish here. Would it make more sense to have a dynamic route that simply requests the proper image based on some attribute rather than physically moving the images around the filesystem of your server?> What is the best way to display multiple images that are already in the > database from a FlexImage upload?Remember your HTTP basics here. 1 request from the browser, 1 response from the server. You can''t send multiple responses to the same request. To put mulptiple images on a page, simply put the html for multiple image tags on that page. Then the browser will send a specific request for each image <% @item.images.each do |img| %> <%= image_tag :action => ''image'', :id => img %> <% end %> Then your controller gets a request for each image, with that image''s id, then sends the image data.> Can render_flex_image() take an Array of images?No. Since you can only send 1 response per request, you can only render 1 image per request. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
> > Can render_flex_image() take an Array of images? > > No. Since you can only send 1 response per request, you can only render > 1 image per request.I think this is the crux of my mis-understanding. What does render_flex_image do? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
matt wrote:>> > Can render_flex_image() take an Array of images? >> >> No. Since you can only send 1 response per request, you can only render >> 1 image per request. > > I think this is the crux of my mis-understanding. > > What does render_flex_image do?Normally, rails will send text data in response to a request, in the form of HTML. This is created from executing a .rhtml file. The result is text data and has a content type of text/html. Now assuming: def foo @foo = MyImage.find(1) render_flex_image(@foo) end without the render_flex_image, rails would try to run foo.rhtml to create the response data. Since there is no template by that name, we don''t want that to happen. What does render_flex_image(@foo) do then? It tell rails to send the image data (from the object @foo) as the response instead of sending the result of a .rhtml template file. The browser receives binary image data with a content type of image/jpeg. Short version: It makes rails send binary image/jpeg data rather text/html data. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
On Wed, 2007-01-03 at 23:22 +0100, Alex Wayne wrote:> matt wrote: > >> > Can render_flex_image() take an Array of images? > >> > >> No. Since you can only send 1 response per request, you can only render > >> 1 image per request. > > > > I think this is the crux of my mis-understanding. > > > > What does render_flex_image do? > > Normally, rails will send text data in response to a request, in the > form of HTML. This is created from executing a .rhtml file. The result > is text data and has a content type of text/html. > > Now assuming: > > def foo > @foo = MyImage.find(1) > render_flex_image(@foo) > end > > without the render_flex_image, rails would try to run foo.rhtml to > create the response data. Since there is no template by that name, we > don''t want that to happen. > > What does render_flex_image(@foo) do then? It tell rails to send the > image data (from the object @foo) as the response instead of sending the > result of a .rhtml template file. The browser receives binary image > data with a content type of image/jpeg. > > Short version: It makes rails send binary image/jpeg data rather > text/html data. >Thanks for the extended description, I think his explains why the view source was garbled. :) So render_flex_image really is intended to only display a single image in the browser, with no extra markup ? So if I wanted to display an array of images in a specified layout, I could use something like: render :action => ''display_images_with_layout'' and then have a display_images_with_layout.rhtml file that loops through the images per your previous post? Thanks Matt --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
matt wrote:> On Wed, 2007-01-03 at 23:22 +0100, Alex Wayne wrote: >> Normally, rails will send text data in response to a request, in the >> without the render_flex_image, rails would try to run foo.rhtml to >> > Thanks for the extended description, I think his explains why the view > source was garbled. :)Image data in a text viewer really isn''t very pretty> So render_flex_image really is intended to only display a single image > in the browser, with no extra markup ?Right. In fact you CAN''T mix markup with image data. The browser expects to get html from the first request and then get image data for an <img src="..."> tags it finds in that html. If there is any markup along wiht that image data, the browser will think it''s an invalid format and wont display the image.> So if I wanted to display an array of images in a specified layout, I > could use something like: > > render :action => ''display_images_with_layout'' > > and then have a display_images_with_layout.rhtml file that loops through > the images per your previous post?Here''s a full example, assume Foo has_many :my_images #controller def show @foo = Foo.find(params[:id]) end def image @image = MyImage.find(params[:id]) render_flex_image(@image) end #show.rhtml <h1>Images for this foo</h1> <% @foo.images.each do |image| %> <%= image_tag url_for(:action => ''image'', :id => image) %> <% end %> This creates html like: <h1>Images for this foo</h1> <img src="/products/image/1" /> <img src="/products/image/5" /> <img src="/products/image/8" /> So the browser then gets the image at each of those urls. And your browser doesn''t care if those image urls are static files served by the webserver or dynamically created by rails. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---