similar to: Re: Rails Digest, Vol 19, Issue 611

is there a way to keep the file_column field in the form persistent across diffferent view templates ? In my controller (same controller for both views) i do @post = Post.new in the view i do form_step1.rhtml --------------------- <%= file_column_field "post", "image" %> <% if @post["image"] %> <%= image_tag url_for_file_column("post",

To make file_column work I have to copy my local variable back to an instance variables like this: <% for product in @products @product = product %> <div class="catalogentry"> <%= image_tag url_for_file_column(''product'', ''image_url'') %></p> This is needed because file_column specifically looks for the instance

Hi, Sebastian Kanthak of the file_column-Plugin wrote once: "is the photo object inside a local variable or an instance variable (e.g. photo or @photo)? url_for_file_column only works with instance variables, like all other active record form helpers. Could this be the problem?" So I''m using file_column in a partial, e.g. <%= render (:partial => "product",

I''m trying out this recipe from the Rails Recipes book (the tagging one) but I''m also trying to use file_column to handle the uploading of pictures. Basically I think the problem is I''m not using an instance variable in the view''s partial that shows the details of my item. Off of my original list.rhtml page I have a <%= render :partial =>

I am using the very helpful file_column extension in my app. The uploading portion works great - no problems. Where I am having an issue is displaying the images in my view. My code looks like this: <% for @record in @main_box_releases -%> <%= image_tag(url_for_file_column("record", "record_cover")) %> <% end -% @record is an instance of a class called

i just got file_column working and i love it. but i''m having some problems with the urls. my application is not in the base directory, it is in a folder called "/testapp". when i use "image_tag" with "url_for_file_column", i get this path: /testapp/testapp/entry/image/3/myimage.jpg the image is located at: /testapp/entry/image/3/myimage.jpg to see if

Hey, I''ve gotten file_column to upload a file, drop it in the dynamic directory, but I can''t display the image, the directories repeat themselves: My model: class Person < ActiveRecord::Base file_column :image_url In my view: <%= image_tag url_for_file_column(''person'', ''image_url'') %> HTML generated is this: <img

The docs in the SVN version of file_column state that url_for_file_column will return paths relative to the application root, and that if I pass it to image_tag, I''ll get an absolute URL. This doesn''t appear to be the case, at least with Rails 1.1. image_tag returns the same app-root-based path that it''s given. Doc bug? Rails change? file_column bug? Jay Levitt

Hello all, another rails newbie here. I''m working on an project to simply upload pictures with some extra information, I was able to get uploads working thanks to file_column, however, a couple things are troubling me. First of all, according to the file_column website, displaying images should go like this: <%= image_tag url_for_file_column("entry", "image")

this seems so stupid, I keep thinking I''ve dealt with this before but I have this code <h1>Portraits</h1> <% if @image.portrait == 1 %> <%= image_tag(url_for_file_column ''image'', ''file'', ''thumb'') %> <% else %> <h1>Landscapes</h1> <%= image_tag(url_for_file_column

Hi, I have recently moved my RoR app on the Heroku platform, and almost everything works fine apart from the videos. It works fine when my app runs in local but not on heroku. This is the error log I''m getting, if anyone knows where it can be coming from: Processing VideosController#new (for IP at 2010-03-20 04:32:09) [GET] Session ID: 6abecf60c3369d7c7029e366bb801e08 Parameters:

Hi, I correctly see: image_tag url_for_file_column("element", "picture_url", "medium") now I need to make it a link so I''ve used: <%= link_to(image_tag url_for_file_column("element", "picture_url", "medium"), {:controller => "products", :action => "sec_level", :level_id => @element.id}) unless

Hi all, I''m trying to use file_column to upload a picture but I''m getting the following error: "cannot convert nil into String" caused by the last line in FileColumnHelper::url_for_file_column(object_name, method) url << object.send("#{method}_relative_path") I don''t have any images uploaded for existing entries so does this not

Hi All, I am using the file_column plugin to upload images. The model that I am using is simply called images (id, name, caption - name being the "file" column) and it belongs_to a parent model called books which has_many images. I was able to figure out how to enter the images into the correct model when updating of form of the parent model (books). Now I need to figure out

I apologise for bad formatting. I don''t know how to make it nice in an email How do you nest image_url tags into link_to_remote tags. The following creates the error:wrong number of arguments (3 for 2) <%= link_to_remote(image_tag url_for_file_column(product, "image_url"), { "class" => "small_product",

What I am really trying to do is use the file_column plugin for the file uplaod/storage (to a non-application directory), but serve up the images on my own (without the mage_tag url_for_file_column technique) In the java world, I would simply do something like this: <img src="myImageServlet?id=1"> and myImageServlet would simply return the appropriate mime headers and data

Hello, ive set up file column like so Controller: def entry @entry = Entry.new(@params[:entry]) if @entry.save flash[:notice] = ''Product was successfully updated.'' else flash[:notice] = ''?'' end end Model: file_column :image View: <%= form_tag({:action=>''entry'', :id=> @entry

Hi, I have the following in a viewer Here, @lst = Homework.find(:all) is an array of homeworks. I checked this this is correct. Based on the error below, somehow, the url_for_file_colum does not like to act on the model element. I checked the source code to url_for_file_column, and the problem is with instance_variable_get(). I have no idea wat is going on! Any help is appreciated. Gordon.

Hi, Say I have a model Event that has a file_column called ''pdf''. I want to send out emails that contain the URL for the pdf file that''s associated with the Event. I also want to test the emails, so I''d need to be able to get at the URL for the pdf inside my unit tests. I don''t see how I can use url_for_file_column in this situation. Doing <%=

I have a user model subclassed into Employees and Managers using STI. I am using FileColumn to manage images, in this case logos. If an Employee doesn''t have a logo of its own, I want my app to use the Manager''s logo in views. I did the following in models/users.rb: ------- class User < ActiveRecord::Base file_column :logo end class Employee < User belongs_to