Rails - Jan 2010 - Routing/File Upload/Put vs. Post puzzle

I think I am doing something simply boneheaded but I don''t see it. I
hope you are willing to take a look:

I am simply wanting to upload a file and hand the file in my controller
to some code that will process it. It is not getting stored.

The UI is a "maintain" page with a file entry field in a form, and a
button to import the file and some other maintenance tasks which are not
relevant right now.

Here are snippets:

routes.rb:

  map.maintain ''/maintain/import_file'', :controller =>
''maintain'',
:action => ''import_file'', :conditions => { :method =>
:put }
  map.maintain ''/maintain/export_file'', :controller =>
''maintain'',
:action => ''export_file'', :conditions => { :method =>
:put }
  map.maintain ''/maintain/:action'', :controller =>
''maintain''

notes: I know this is too verbose, it''s been my attempt to trouble
shoot. I don''t believe this should be a resource route given that its a
maintenance page. But I could be wrong about that.

index.html.erb:

What would you like to maintain?
<ul>
  <li>Import for bulk Election load
    <p>
      <% form_tag :action => ''import_file'', :method
=> ''put'', :multipart
=> true do %>
        <%= file_field_tag "importFile", :accept =>
"text/xml" %>
        <br>Import as:
          <%= submit_tag "XML file" %>
          <%= submit_tag "YML file" %>
      <% end %>
    </p>
  </li>

notes: There are two buttons in this form, one to import it from an XML
file and one from a YML file. Is that somehow making it sick?

maintain_controller.rb:

  def import_file
    begin
      if params[:importFile].nil?
        flash[:error] = "Yes: Import failed because file was not
specified."
        redirect_to :back
[...] snip

Notes: when I break here, params[:importFile] is a text string with the
file name, NOT a File:: object. Also the url looks like this:
http://localhost:3000/maintain/import_file?method=put&multipart=true
which is not what I expected.

Thanks for spending a few  minutes with me on this, if possible!!

Pito Salas
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