Rails - Jan 2007 - Internet Explorer - Sanitize Uploaded Filenames

Hi all,

Somewhat of a noob here.  I have a table that has 5 file fields, and
they are named file, file2, file3, file4, file 5.  All of them will be
.doc files.

In firefox, I can upload these files just fine, and they will show up
as Document.doc.  In IE, it prepends the entire path.

C:\My Documents\User\Desktop\Document.doc

Which makes the file unreadable, and un-downloadable.  I know that the
sanitize method is supposed to fix this, but I can''t figure out how to
make it work.  Here is what I''ve written in my model:

def self.sanitize_filename(filename)
  filename = File.basename(filename.gsub("\\", "/"))
  filename.gsub(/[^a-zA-Z0-9\.\-\+_]/,"_")
end

Doesn''t work.  What do I need to do?  This is bugging me so much.


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Do I need something in my controller?  View maybe?  Do I need to call
before_save :sanitize_filename?  I''ve tried that and it gives me a
"wrong arguments" error.


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