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Hi everybody, I''m pretty new with Ruby on Rails and I was hoping someone could help me out. I''m trying to take in data from a file and add it to my existing database. what I''m thinking is that I have to create a class that reads the data and copies it. I''m not sure how I will input the data into my database. I''m not sure if this approach is the

I want to upload a file. And what I am confused about is...should I upload it using a separate table or just as another file in the form. If as a separate table then I am not able to save it on the system/ Or/ If not that, then how can i check for the extensions? Do reply. Thanks. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

Hi there, I have seen in the file column plugin ( http://www.kanthak.net/opensource/file_column/) from Sebastian Kanthak or David''s acts_as_taggable plugin that to register my functionality I need to do something like this: ApplicationHelper.send(:include, InPlaceEditAssociations) I am wondering why not: (a) module ApplicationHelper include InPlaceEditAssociatons end or: (b)

Hello everybody, I have been developing small applications in Rails from quite some time. But lately, I came across a bug which I have not been able to correct. If anybody could help me with it, would be of great help thankyou. Actually, the problem is that I have a form in my application with some set of fields. Now what "validates_presence_of" should do is that if I submit the form

Hi, How can one unload a file in Ruby on Rails? It?s where the user must select a file on the desktop PC and upload it via the web browser. I also need the type / extension of the file along with its size before upload proceeds. Kind Regards, Lennie De Villiers -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database:

Hello ~ I have RMagick and file_column working in RoR. In my model I am setting up some standard sizes for the submitted photos. The photo files are created and named correctly, but the sizes are wrong. Only the second argument of my geometry call is used, with the width dimension being resized proportionately. file_column :image, :magick => { :versions => { "medium" =>

Hi, I have a multipart form upload field uploaded through <%= file_field("profile", "profile") %> Once a submit happens, the action basically does something like: profile = Profile.new(params["picture"]) This invokes the models = to method: def picture=(picture_field) ...do a bunch of assignments here end def validate ... do a bunch of validations

Hi, I want to upload a product image to my rails app. I only want to store the file name in the database and the actual image file in public/image/. This seems complicated with file_field. Any pointers or links with explainations? Thanks, Peter

Hello, I''m a newbie to Ruby on Rails and like many others, I have been working through the depot application in the Agile Web Development book. I was wondering if anyone had enhanced the depot application to include the upload of images for each product? The following describes the sort of thing that I have been asked to produce for a client, so apologies if the information is not

Hi, I''m not sure if this is a postgres issue or not, but I''m using Postgres 8.1. I have (in my functional tests) the following code: upload = fixture_file_upload(''/files/podcast.mp3'', ''audio/mpeg'') post :create, :product => valid_product, :media => { :image => upload } And then in the controller: blob = Blob.create :data

Out of curiosity: is anyone working on something like a "has_images" association? As in it would be able to handle images at the model level. Not neccissarily hold them in a DB, but as flat files, as part of the filesystem. I''m continually finding myself in need of something like this. A way of associating an image or a set of images to a model. I''m starting on it

Hello iam new to rubyonrails. Please any one help me out in "How to upload only jpeg & gif & png images into public/images using rubyonrails" Thanks in Advance -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wrath.rubyonrails.org/pipermail/rails/attachments/20060504/33a17ad2/attachment.html

In my item upload view I have: <%= file_field ''item'', ''file'' %> and in my Item model: def file @file #@file.original_filename # <- also tried this end def file=(file) @file=file end And if the upload bails because of errors (and renders the same page), all other fields (text_field, text_area, etc.) retain their inputted values, but the file

Hi, We would like to upload a file to the server, like user chooses a file with a browse button, then click on a OK button, then the browser send the file to the server, does anyone know how to do it in rails? Thanks you very much Saiho The mind is its own place, and in itself. Can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven. http://www.geocities.com/sayoyo/

following the instructions at http://wiki.rubyonrails.com/rails/pages/HowtoUploadFiles, I am able to upload to an explicit and existing directory (i.e. c:\ror\app\public\images\photo.jpg). However, when I try to upload to a folder that does not exist, say, c:\ror\app\public\image\newfolder\photo.jpg, I get the following error: Errno::ENOENT in Images#create No such file or directory -

I was doing some research about creating thumbnail images on the fly after an image has been uploaded in a form, but for some reason it''s not working for me. I''ve downloaded ImageMagick 6.2.5 for Mac but when I run a test (identify image.gif) it gives me this error: dyld: Library not loaded: /sw/lib/libjpeg.62.dylib Referenced from: /Developer/ImageMagick-6.2.5/bin/identify

first off, thanks (a lot!) sebastian for creating this module... I''ve been spending a lot of time in getting file uploads to work. inside a project I''m working on, I''ve got two different models using it... with one of them it''s working just fine. with another, everything works, with the exception of the url_for_file_column helper, which shows

Hey Everybody, This is the only way I''ve been able to get my file upload to work: class Item < ActiveRecord::Base def file=(upload) @file=upload end def after_create File.open("public/items/#{self.id}.jpg", "w") { |f| f.write(@file.read) } end end The upload form has "file_field ''item'', ''file'',

Hey Has anyone got a graphics server running alongside ruby on rails? Kind of new to graphics rendering on a web server, so some general tips on a successful direction to go in would be great. I need it for automatic rescaling of images, similar to flickr. Thanks, RGC -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL:

So i followed the steps in the agile development book and everything is working just fine... i even added a few new functions to list and manage the pics. but what if i start uploading big pics? i don''t want to have huge desk-top size pics taking up the whole page all the time. right? so does anyone have a sort-of thumbnail thing they''d be willing to share? any help would