Rails - Jul 2009 - Has anyone used file_column to store the upload file in DB?

Has anyone used file_column to store the upload file in DB?

I have a requirement to upload files and store in the database instead
of the file system. The upload file can be any type, images or
documents, .doc, .xls, .pdf....

I can find plenty of examples of file_column that store the actual
file in the file system.

I need help to figure out how to store the document in the database.

> I need help to figure out how to store the document in the database.
The DB storage needs to be a BLOB (or the equivalent) since you want to 
store an arbitrary number of types of ''things'' of presumably
arbitrary
size.  There is a resource out there on the web, somewhere (if I could 
recall where, the link would be yours, but I seem to recall muddling 
through it with attachment_fu, so you might want to check those 
references).

I did that personally as a proof of concept in my app about a year ago, 
but found the DB storage and retrieval much, much too slow as compared 
to the file system.
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